Skills, Careers and Employment APPG

First Registered: 21/04/2021 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

The APPG is devoted to raising the profile and status of skills, careers and employment policy in the UK. It brings together Parliament, employers, and the skills sector to develop effective skills policy as a central means of personal and economic development for the 21st Century.

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
Lauren Edwards Portrait
Lauren Edwards
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Rochester and Strood
Joined: 20th November 2024
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
Co-Chair
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
Joined: 21st April 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Craft , Lebanon
Baroness Garden of Frognal Portrait
Baroness Garden of Frognal
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Membership
T-Levels
Lord Norton of Louth Portrait
Lord Norton of Louth
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Membership
Social Science and Policy
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Lauren Edwards MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: lauren.edwards.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Claudia Jacksch, Policy Connect. Tel: 0207 202 8585

Email: claudia.jacksch@policyconnect.org.uk

Secretariat:

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

Group's Website:

https://www.policyconnect.org.uk/apgse

Date
31 Oct 2024
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect is funded by the following to act as the group's secretariat: ACCA, Career Development institute, High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Institute of the Motor Industry, NOCN, South Thames College, University of Derby, Youth Futures Foundation   From : 31/10/2024 To : 30/10/2025
Value
£40,501
Date
12 Feb 2024
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect is funded by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Shakespeare Martineau, HVMC, ACCA, Career Development Policy Group, South Thames College, NOCN, Institute of the Motor Industry, University of Derby   From : 12/02/2024 To : 11/02/2025
Value
£37,501
Date
12 Feb 2023
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect is funded by the following to act as the group's secretariat: CILEX, Shakespeare Martineau, HVMC, ACCA, Career Development Policy Group, South Thames College, CPD, NOCN, JISC   From : 12/02/2023 To : 11/02/2024
Value
£45,001
Date
12 Feb 2022
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: ACCA, AELP, CILEX, City & Guilds, CPD, Engineering UK, Enginuity, HVMC, Ingeus, Learning and Work Institute, LCBT, LTE Group, Shakespeare Martineau, South Thames College, UCU, WorldSkills UK (Find A Future), Career Development Policy Group   From : 12/02/2022 To : 11/02/2023
Value
£46,501
Date
12 Feb 2021
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: ACCA, AELP, CILEX, City & Guilds, CPD, Engineering UK, Enginuity, HVMC, Ingeus, Learning and Work Institute, LCBT, LTE Group, Shakespeare Martineau, South Thames College, UCU, WorldSkills UK (Find A Future   From : 12/02/2021 To : 11/02/2022
Value
£39,001
Date
12 Feb 2021
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: ACCA, AELP, CILEX, City & Guilds, CPD, Engineering UK, Enginuity, HVMC, Ingeus, Learning and Work Institute, LCBT, LTE Group, Shakespeare Martineau, South Thames College, UCU, WorldSkills UK (Find A Future), Career Development Policy Group   From : 12/02/2021 To : 11/02/2022
Value
£46,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Skills, Careers and Employment APPG

Former APPG Officers
Bill Esterson Portrait
Bill Esterson
Officer
Labour - Sefton Central
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Manufacturing
Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
Co-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Nicola Richards Portrait
Nicola Richards
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for West Bromwich East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Lucas Portrait
Lord Lucas
Officer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Officer
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Officer
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Nick Fletcher Portrait
Nick Fletcher
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Don Valley
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Cryer Portrait
Lord Cryer
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Storey Portrait
Lord Storey
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Education
Rob Roberts Portrait
Rob Roberts
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Delyn
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Rob Roberts Portrait
Rob Roberts
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Delyn
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Officer
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Harlow
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Memberships