Special Educational Needs and Disabilities APPG

First Registered: 20/05/2020 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

To champion the rights and futures of children and young people with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), working collaboratively with stakeholders across, health, education, local authorities, carers, parents and young people themselves, to make recommendations to improve SEND provisions and outcomes.

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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APPG Supplied Content

APPGs can register with Parallel Parliament and submit files and articles to be placed here.

Parallel Parliament offers the facility for APPGs to submit written content and files, which are made available through this page.

Submitters can draft and edit publications, and either release them on demand, or schedule release for a future date.

Both text content and attached files submitted through this facility is indexed by our website, and made available through both the search function and relevant e-mail alerts. Any of our users registered for an alert which matches your content, will receive a link making them aware of its publication.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Olivia Blake Portrait
Olivia Blake
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sheffield Hallam
Joined: 20th May 2020
2 APPG Memberships
Eating Disorders , Migration
Gregory Stafford Portrait
Gregory Stafford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Farnham and Bordon
Joined: 20th November 2024
Shockat Adam Portrait
Shockat Adam
Vice Chair
Independent - Leicester South
Joined: 20th November 2024
Jen Craft Portrait
Jen Craft
Vice Chair
Labour - Thurrock
Joined: 20th November 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Olivia Blake MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3552.

Email: olivia.blake.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Rob Kelsall, NAHT. Tel: 0300 30 30 333

Email: appg.send@naht.org.uk

Secretariat:

NAHT acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.naht.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.naht.org.uk/about-us/organisations-we-support/all-party-parliamentary-group-on-send

Date
16 Oct 2024
Source
NAHT
Description
Secretariat   From : 16/10/2024 To : 15/10/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
3 Mar 2023
Source
National Association of Head Teachers
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/03/2023 To : 02/03/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
3 Mar 2022
Source
National Association of Head Teachers
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/03/2022 To : 02/03/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
3 Mar 2021
Source
National Association of Head Teachers
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/03/2021 To : 02/03/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
3 Mar 2020
Source
National Association of Head Teachers
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/03/2020 To : 02/03/2021
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities APPG

Former APPG Officers
Marsha De Cordova Portrait
Marsha De Cordova
Vice Chair
Labour - Battersea
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
Andy McDonald Portrait
Andy McDonald
Vice Chair
Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
James Sunderland Portrait
James Sunderland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sally-Ann Hart Portrait
Sally-Ann Hart
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hastings and Rye
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Keeley Portrait
Baroness Keeley
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
Jeremy Corbyn Portrait
Jeremy Corbyn
Officer
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
Tim Farron Portrait
Tim Farron
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Officer
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Humanist , Park Homes
Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Officer
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
2 APPG Memberships
North East , Women's Football
Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for York Outer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Aylesbury
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Jack Dromey
Officer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Rob Butler
Officer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 20th May 2020
No other APPG Memberships