School Food APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

To bring together a range of organisations and stakeholders from the sector to champion the school meal service, highlight the issues at a political level, and collaborate to identify best practice.

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
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Munira Wilson Portrait
Munira Wilson
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Twickenham
Joined: 17th May 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Children , Kinship Care , London
Baroness Blower Portrait
Baroness Blower
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Global Education , Kurds
Lord Wasserman Portrait
Lord Wasserman
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 20th November 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5160.

Email: sharon.hodgson.mp@parliament.uk

Secretariat:

Association for Public Service Excellence acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.apse.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.schoolfood.org.uk/

Date
22 Oct 2024
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/10/2024 To : 21/10/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
23 Jan 2023
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/01/2023 To : 22/01/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
23 Jan 2022
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/01/2022 To : 22/01/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
23 Jan 2021
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/01/2021 To : 22/01/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
23 Jan 2020
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/01/2020 To : 22/01/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2019
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2019 To : 03/07/2020
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2018
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2018 To : 03/07/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2018
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2018 To : 31/12/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Association for Public Service Excellence
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the School Food APPG

Former APPG Officers
Caroline Ansell Portrait
Caroline Ansell
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Eastbourne
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ian Byrne Portrait
Ian Byrne
Vice Chair
Independent - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Vice Chair
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Nadia Whittome Portrait
Nadia Whittome
Vice Chair
Labour - Nottingham East
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Taiwo Owatemi Portrait
Taiwo Owatemi
Vice Chair
Labour - Coventry North West
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Emma Lewell-Buck Portrait
Emma Lewell-Buck
Vice Chair
Labour - South Shields
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Child of the North , North East
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lyn Brown Portrait
Lyn Brown
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for West Ham
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Vice Chair
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Curry of Kirkharle Portrait
Lord Curry of Kirkharle
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
Florence Eshalomi Portrait
Florence Eshalomi
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
Paul Howell Portrait
Paul Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sedgefield
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jonathan Gullis Portrait
Jonathan Gullis
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Vice Chair
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
Layla Moran Portrait
Layla Moran
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Karl Turner Portrait
Karl Turner
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chichester
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Thurrock
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ruth George Portrait
Ruth George
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Imran Ahmad Khan Portrait
Imran Ahmad Khan
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Wakefield
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Rosie Duffield Portrait
Rosie Duffield
Vice Chair
Independent - Canterbury
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
1 APPG Membership
Dog Advisory Welfare
Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Liz Twist Portrait
Liz Twist
Vice Chair
Labour - Blaydon and Consett
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
Ian C. Lucas Portrait
Ian C. Lucas
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Wrexham
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
John Glen Portrait
John Glen
Vice Chair
Conservative - Salisbury
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
Amanda Solloway Portrait
Amanda Solloway
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Derby North
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships