Social Science and Policy APPG

First Registered: 03/06/2016 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To bring together parliamentarians and social scientists and by doing so demonstrate the relevance and value of social science research.

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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6 Current APPG Officers
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 3rd June 2016
82 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Austria , BBC , British Muslims , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Children in Police Custody , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Commonwealth , Community Development , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Explosive Threats , Fatherhood , Film and Broader Screen , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Media Freedom , Music , Muslim Women , National Parks , National Trust , Night Time Economy , No Recourse to Public Funds , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , South East , St George's Day , Sustainable Finance , Tibet , Transport Safety , Ukraine , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , White Ribbon UK , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women and Work , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Lord Boswell of Aynho Portrait
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Lord Whitty Portrait
Lord Whitty
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone Portrait
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 3rd June 2016
1 APPG Membership
Media
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Peter Bottomley MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5060.

Email: bottomleyp@parliament.uk

Date
15 Jan 2023
Source
UK Research and Innovation
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2023 To : 14/01/2024
Value
£28,501
Date
15 Jan 2022
Source
UK Research and Innovation
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2022 To : 14/01/2023
Value
£13,501
Date
15 Jan 2020
Source
UK Research and Innovation
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2020 To : 14/01/2021
Value
£13,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Vista Events
Description
Economic and Research Council pays Vista Events to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Social Science and Policy APPG

Former APPG Officers
Kelvin Hopkins Portrait
Kelvin Hopkins
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Luton North
Joined: 3rd June 2016
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Fiona Mactaggart Portrait
Fiona Mactaggart
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Slough
Joined: 3rd June 2016
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships