Universal Credit APPG

First Registered: 20/12/2017 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

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To monitor Universal Credit as it is rolled out; to share best practice in supporting constituents; and to make recommendations to government to improve policy.

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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
Drew Hendry Portrait
Drew Hendry
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Anne McLaughlin Portrait
Anne McLaughlin
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Lister of Burtersett Portrait
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Domestic Violence and Abuse , Migration , Social Science and Policy
Marsha De Cordova Portrait
Marsha De Cordova
Officer
Labour - Battersea
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Football , Jamaica
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Nigel Mills Portrait
Nigel Mills
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Amber Valley
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Debbie Abrahams Portrait
Debbie Abrahams
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Kashmir , Palestine
Peter Aldous Portrait
Peter Aldous
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Waveney
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bishop of Durham Portrait
Lord Bishop of Durham
Officer
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Wendy Chamberlain Portrait
Wendy Chamberlain
Officer
Liberal Democrat - North East Fife
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 9th February 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Food Banks , Golf , Scotch Whisky
Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Officer
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 9th February 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Dentistry and Oral Health , Obesity
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 9th February 2022
1 APPG Membership
Respiratory Health
Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Treasurer
Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Jonathan Gullis Portrait
Jonathan Gullis
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Memberships
Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Respiratory Health , UK Food Security , Vascular and Venous Disease
Stephen Lloyd Portrait
Stephen Lloyd
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Eastbourne
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Kerslake Portrait
Lord Kerslake
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Hugh Gaffney Portrait
Hugh Gaffney
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ruth George Portrait
Ruth George
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Laura Pidcock Portrait
Laura Pidcock
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for North West Durham
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Debbie Abrahams MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 1041.

Email: abrahamsd@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Thomas Cave, Turn2us, Hythe House, 200 Shepherds Bush Rd, London W6 7NL. Tel: 020 8834 9263

Email: info@appguniversalcredit.org.uk

Secretariat:

Turn2us acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.turn2us.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://appguniversalcredit.org.uk

Benefits in Kind
Date
20 Jan 2022
Source
Turn2us
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/01/2022 To : 19/01/2023
Value
£7,501
Date
20 Jan 2021
Source
Turn2us
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/01/2021 To : 19/01/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
20 Jan 2020
Source
Turn2us
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/01/2020 To : 19/01/2021
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Universal Credit APPG