Skills and Employment APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 10/03/2021

Note: This APPG was last registered on 10th March 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Skills, Careers and Employment APPG?

Cross-party coalition of parliamentarians devoted to raising the profile of skills and employment policy. Brings together Parliament, employers, and the skills sector to ensure that skills policy promotes social mobility, lifelong learning opportunities and local economic growth.

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
Rob Roberts Portrait
Rob Roberts
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Delyn
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Nick Fletcher Portrait
Nick Fletcher
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Don Valley
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Nicola Richards Portrait
Nicola Richards
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for West Bromwich East
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Officer
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Harlow
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Lucas Portrait
Lord Lucas
Officer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th March 2021
Baroness Garden of Frognal Portrait
Baroness Garden of Frognal
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 10th March 2021
Lord Norton of Louth Portrait
Lord Norton of Louth
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 10th March 2021
Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 10th March 2021
Bim Afolami Portrait
Bim Afolami
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Hitchin and Harpenden
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Officer
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Ben Bradley Portrait
Ben Bradley
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Mansfield
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Wolf of Dulwich Portrait
Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Co-Chair
Labour - Scunthorpe
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Chi Onwurah Portrait
Chi Onwurah
Officer
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
4 APPG Memberships
Africa , Engineering , Jazz , Space
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Redditch
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Layla Moran Portrait
Layla Moran
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lucy Powell Portrait
Lucy Powell
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 18th July 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Heidi Allen Portrait
Heidi Allen
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for South Cambridgeshire
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 18th July 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Marion Fellows Portrait
Marion Fellows
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Neil Carmichael
Officer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
John Stevenson Portrait
John Stevenson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Carlisle
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Sharp of Guildford Portrait
Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir John Hayes MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 1389.

Email: hayesj@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Simon Kelleher, Policy Connect, 7-14 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YR. Tel: 0207 202 8576

Email: simon.kelleher@policyconnect.org.uk

Secretariat:

Policy Connect acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/apgse/home

Date
12 Feb 2020
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: ACCA, AELP, APM UK, CILEx, City and Guilds, CPD Standards Office, Edge Foundation, FETL, HVM Catapult, Jisc, LCBT, Learning and Work Institute, LTE Group, Metaswitch Networks, SEMTA, Shakespeare Martineau, South Thames Colleges Group, UCU, WorldSkills UK   From : 12/02/2020 To : 11/02/2021
Value
£40,501
Date
11 Jul 2019
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
Value
£79,501
Date
11 Jul 2018
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£79,501
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£88,501
Date
10 Apr 2017
Source
City & Guilds
Value
£5,950
Date
21 Mar 2017
Source
HVM Catapult
Value
£2,500
Date
16 Mar 2017
Source
Edge
Value
£3,750
Date
15 Mar 2017
Source
ACCA
Value
£5,950
Date
2 Mar 2017
Source
Cilex
Value
£1,875
Date
1 Mar 2017
Source
Semta
Value
£3,500
Date
1 Mar 2017
Source
OCR
Value
£6,400
Date
28 Feb 2017
Source
The Manchester College
Value
£3,750
Date
25 Dec 2016
Source
OCR
Value
£3,750
Date
15 Dec 2016
Source
Hadlow College
Value
£3,750
Date
30 Nov 2016
Source
HVM Catapult
Value
£3,750
Date
25 Nov 2016
Source
KFC
Value
£5,750
Date
17 Nov 2016
Source
FAB
Value
£3,333
Date
15 Nov 2016
Source
AELP
Value
£5,950
Date
15 Nov 2016
Source
Edge
Value
£3,750
Date
14 Nov 2016
Source
ASDAN
Value
£3,750
Date
30 Sep 2016
Source
Pearson
Value
£5,950
Date
30 Sep 2016
Source
CILEX
Value
£1,875
Date
23 Sep 2016
Source
Find a Future
Value
£3,750
Date
14 Sep 2016
Source
OCR
Value
£3,750
Date
26 Jul 2016
Source
South Thames College
Value
£3,750
Date
14 Jul 2016
Source
Edge
Value
£3,750
Date
13 Jun 2016
Source
Metaswitch Networks
Value
£3,750
Date
18 May 2016
Source
OCR
Value
£3,750
Date
18 May 2016
Source
TH PR DE CON LTD
Value
£3,750
Date
31 Mar 2016
Source
CILEX
Value
£1,875
Date
17 Mar 2016
Source
Manchester College
Value
£3,750
Date
16 Mar 2016
Source
ACCA
Value
£5,950
Date
15 Feb 2016
Source
City & Guilds
Value
£5,950
Date
12 Feb 2016
Source
Further Education Trust for Leadership
Value
£3,750
Date
20 Jan 2016
Source
OCR
Value
£3,500
Date
6 Nov 2015
Source
Pearson
Value
£5,950
Date
5 Nov 2015
Source
UCU
Value
£3,750
Date
4 Oct 2015
Source
UCU
Value
£3,750
Date
30 Sep 2015
Source
OCR
Value
£3,500
Date
28 Sep 2015
Source
KFC
Value
£5,950
Date
18 Sep 2015
Source
EMFEC
Value
£3,750
Date
10 Sep 2015
Source
AAT
Value
£3,750
Date
10 Aug 2015
Source
Edge
Value
£3,750
Date
10 Aug 2015
Source
AAT
Value
£3,750
Date
24 Jul 2015
Source
CILEX
Value
£1,875
Date
22 Jul 2015
Source
Find a Future
Value
£3,750
Date
6 Jul 2015
Source
A4E
Value
£3,750
Date
23 Jun 2015
Source
Education and Training Foundation
Value
£3,750
Date
29 May 2015
Source
157 Group
Value
£3,500
Date
29 May 2015
Source
South Thames College
Value
£3,500
Date
27 Mar 2015
Source
Association of Accounting Technicians
Value
£3,750
Date
27 Mar 2015
Source
Association of Accounting Technicians
Value
£4,500
Date
20 Mar 2015
Source
Interserve
Value
£5,950
Date
20 Mar 2015
Source
The Manchester College Group
Value
£3,750
Date
12 Mar 2015
Source
Metaswitch Networks
Value
£3,750
Date
27 Feb 2015
Source
Skills Active
Value
£5,950
Date
20 Jan 2015
Source
Further Education Trust for Leadership
Value
£3,750
Date
20 Jan 2015
Source
City & Guilds
Value
£5,950