Penal Affairs APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 31/07/2025

To increase its members' knowledge of penal affairs and to work through parliamentary channels for reform of the penal system.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current APPG Officers
Pam Cox Portrait
Pam Cox
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Colchester
Joined: 31st July 2025
Tessa Munt Portrait
Tessa Munt
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills
Joined: 31st July 2025
Lord Garnier Portrait
Lord Garnier
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Pam Cox MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: pam.cox.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Mark Day, Prison Reform Trust. Tel: 020 7689 7746

Email: mark.day@prisonreformtrust.org.uk

Secretariat:

Prison Reform Trust acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/policy-legislation/appg/

Date
17 Jun 2025
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/06/2025 To : 16/06/2026
Value
£39,001
Date
11 Feb 2023
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Prison Reform Trust is paid by Barrow Cadbury Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 11/02/2023 To : 10/02/2024
Value
£18,001
Date
11 Feb 2022
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Prison Reform Trust is paid by Barrow Cadbury Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 11/02/2022 To : 10/02/2023
Value
£22,501
Date
11 Feb 2021
Source
Prison Reform Trust is paid by Barrow Cadbury Trust to act as the group's secretariat
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2021 To : 10/02/2022
Value
£19,501
Date
11 Feb 2021
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Prison Reform Trust is paid by Barrow Cadbury Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 11/02/2021 To : 10/02/2022
Value
£19,501
Date
11 Feb 2020
Source
Prison Reform Trust is paid by Barrow Cadbury Trust to act as the group's secretariat
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2020 To : 10/02/2021
Value
£19,501
Date
11 Jul 2019
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
Value
£18,001
Date
11 Jul 2018
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£10,501
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£15,001
Date
12 Jul 2016
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Prison Reform Trust is funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust to act as the APPG's secretariat   From : 12/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
Value
£12,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Prison Reform Trust
Description
Prison Reform Trust is funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust to act as the APPG's secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£16,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Penal Affairs APPG

Former APPG Officers
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for South West Bedfordshire
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Carlile of Berriew Portrait
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Children in Police Custody

No other APPG Memberships

Carolyn Harris Portrait
Carolyn Harris
Vice Chair
Labour - Neath and Swansea East
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Beauty and Wellbeing , Gambling Reform , Menopause , Policing , UK Spirits

No other APPG Memberships

Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Industrialised Construction , Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation , Rugby Football League

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Portrait
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Charities and Volunteering , Modern Conflict , Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Kate Green
Vice Chair
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Ramsbotham Portrait
Lord Ramsbotham
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Beecham Portrait
Lord Beecham
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Prentis of Banbury Portrait
Baroness Prentis of Banbury
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Dominic Grieve Portrait
Dominic Grieve
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Beaconsfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sarah Champion Portrait
Sarah Champion
Vice-Chair
Labour - Rotherham
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Norman Lamb Portrait
Norman Lamb
Vice-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for North Norfolk
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Sir Edward Garnier
Vice Chair
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships