Pension Credit APPG

First Registered: 28/06/2023 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

To address the low uptake of pension credit and ensure that eligible pensioners are aware of their right to claim pension credit and associated passport benefits. To ensure that billions of pounds of pension credit do not go unclaimed and that pensioners are supported throughout the ongoing cost of living crisis.

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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Former Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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Former APPG Members
Anne McLaughlin Portrait
Anne McLaughlin
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Gavin Newlands Portrait
Gavin Newlands
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Martin Docherty-Hughes Portrait
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for West Dunbartonshire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tommy Sheppard Portrait
Tommy Sheppard
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh East
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Drew Hendry Portrait
Drew Hendry
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Amy Callaghan Portrait
Amy Callaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Dunbartonshire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Stuart C McDonald Portrait
Stuart C McDonald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
David Linden Portrait
David Linden
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Craig Whittaker Portrait
Craig Whittaker
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Calder Valley
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Rebecca Long Bailey Portrait
Rebecca Long Bailey
Vice Chair
Independent - Salford
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Anne McLaughlin MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.

Email: anne.mclaughlin.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Michael Bannister, Constituency Office of Anne McLaughlin MP, 179 Ayr Street, Glasgow G21 4BW . Tel: 0141 4658925

Email: Michael.bannister@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Pension Credit APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Pension Credit APPG