The APPG is committed to promoting parliamentary understanding and support for the latest national research, policies, and best practices in literacy across the early years, schools and criminal justice system. It will raise awareness of the importance of improving literacy levels and advocates for a targeted, place-based, collaborative, cross-sector approach to achieving this goal.
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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
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Gareth Snell
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 20th October 2025Credit Unions , Mutuals , Sixth Form Education
10 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Belarus , Bus and Coach , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Humanist , Key Cities , Serbia , Tidy Britain , University , Youth Affairs
Estonia
5 APPG Memberships
Autism , Blockchain Technologies , Fair Banking , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Taiwan
Airport Communities , Food and Drink , Global Education , Kurds , School Food
7 APPG Memberships
Autism , Commonwealth , Internet, Communications and Technology , Miscarriages of Justice , Occupational Safety and Health , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Theatre
Caribbean
5 APPG Memberships
Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , Music , Performing Arts Education and Training , Writers
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Gareth Snell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: gareth.snell.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Roisin McDermott, National Literacy Trust. Tel: 07800536612
Email: roisin.mcdermott@literacytrust.org.uk
Secretariat:
National Literacy Trust acts as the group's secretariat. https://literacytrust.org.uk/
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide19 Jan 2021
National Literacy Trust
Secretariat From : 19/01/2021 To : 18/01/2022
£1,501
12 Sep 2018
National Literacy Trust
Secretariat From : 12/09/2018 To : 11/09/2019
£3,001
12 Sep 2017
National Literacy Trust
Secretariat From : 12/09/2017 To : 11/09/2018
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Literacy APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Christian Wakeford
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alexander Stafford
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Justin Tomlinson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Swindon
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Gill Furniss
Officer
Labour - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Consumer Protection , Debt and Financial Inclusion , Endometriosis , Kosovo and Albania , Spinal Cord Injury , Women's Health
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Lucy Powell
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Knight of Weymouth
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 9th February 2022
Stephen Twigg
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Liverpool, West Derby
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Clarke
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Joined: 2nd January 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
Stephen McPartland
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Stevenage
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships