Social Work APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To promote knowledge and understanding of social work, the role that social workers have, and the issues that impact the lives of those in receipt of social work support.

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6 Current APPG Officers
David Simmonds Portrait
David Simmonds
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Joined: 10th March 2021
Lord Hall of Birkenhead Portrait
Lord Hall of Birkenhead
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Digital Skills , Youth Employment
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

David Simmonds MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 6578.

Email: david.simmonds.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kerri Prince, British Association of Social Workers, Wellesley House, 37 Waterloo Street, Birmingham B2 5PP. Tel: 07776 963 669

Email: kerri.prince@basw.co.uk

Secretariat:

British Association of Social Workers acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.basw.co.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.basw.co.uk/what-we-do/policy-and-research/working-parliament

Date
27 Jan 2023
Source
British Association of Social Workers
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/01/2023 To : 26/01/2024
Value
£4,501
Date
27 Jan 2022
Source
British Association of Social Workers
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/01/2022 To : 26/01/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
27 Jan 2021
Source
British Association of Social Workers
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/01/2021 To : 26/01/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
1 May 2019
Source
British Association of Social Workers
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/05/2019 To : 30/04/2020
Value
£4,501
Date
1 May 2018
Source
British Association of Social Workers
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/05/2018 To : 30/04/2019
Value
£4,501
Date
23 Jun 2015
Source
British Association of Social Workers
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Social Work APPG

Former APPG Officers
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd March 2022
83 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 , Social Science and Policy , 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
Hywel Williams Portrait
Hywel Williams
Treasurer
Plaid Cymru - Arfon
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd March 2022
Alex Cunningham Portrait
Alex Cunningham
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Stockton North
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Emma Lewell-Buck Portrait
Emma Lewell-Buck
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - South Shields
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017