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 8th April 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 APPG Members

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Anne McLaughlin

Chair & Registered Contact

Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East

Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

3 APPG Memberships
Fairtrade , Immigration Detention , Refugees

Gavin Newlands

Vice Chair

Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

3 APPG Memberships
Electric Vehicles , Kidney , State Pension Inequality for Women

Martin Docherty-Hughes

Vice Chair

Scottish National Party - West Dunbartonshire

Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

5 APPG Memberships
British Sikhs , Digital Finance , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Occupational Safety and Health

Tommy Sheppard

Vice Chair

Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East

Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

6 APPG Memberships
Climate Change , Deafness , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Humanist , Palestine , Population, Development and Reproductive Health