Youth Affairs APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To raise the profile of issues which affect and concern young people; to encourage dialogue between parliamentarians, young people and youth services; and to encourage a co-ordinated and coherent approach to policy making on youth affairs.

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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9 Current APPG Officers
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Jo Gideon MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8131.

Email: jo.gideon.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

David Bridson, YMCA England & Wales, 10-11 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6EH. Tel: 020 7186 9553

Email: david.bridson@ymca.org.uk

Secretariat:

YMCA England & Wales and British Youth Council jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.ymca.org.uk/ and http://www.byc.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://appgyouthaffairs.wordpress.com/

Date
29 Jan 2023
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2023
Source
YMCA England and Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2022
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2022 To : 28/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2022
Source
YMCA England and Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2022 To : 28/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2021
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2021
Source
YMCA England and Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2020
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2020
Source
YMCA England and Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
2 Nov 2018
Source
YMCA England & Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 02/11/2018 To : 01/11/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
2 Nov 2018
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 02/11/2018 To : 01/11/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
25 May 2018
Source
National Youth Agency
Description
Costs met for an Inquiry held from May 2018 to January 2019
Value
£72,001
Date
2 Nov 2017
Source
YMCA England & Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 02/11/2017 To : 01/11/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
2 Nov 2017
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 02/11/2017 To : 01/11/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Nov 2016
Source
YMCA England
Description
YMCA England is funded by the British Youth Council to act as the group's secretariat   From : 15/11/2016 To : 14/11/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Jul 2015
Source
YMCA England
Description
YMCA England is funded by the British Youth Council and National Council for Voluntary Youth Services to act as the group's secretariat   From : 15/07/2015 To : 15/07/2016
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Youth Affairs APPG

Former APPG Officers
John McNally Portrait
John McNally
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Falkirk
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
Beth Winter Portrait
Beth Winter
Vice Chair
Labour - Cynon Valley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
David Linden Portrait
David Linden
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 17th May 2023
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
Olivia Blake Portrait
Olivia Blake
Officer
Labour - Sheffield, Hallam
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
Claudia Webbe Portrait
Claudia Webbe
Officer
Independent - Leicester East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Ealing North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Ben Bradley Portrait
Ben Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mansfield
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 21st April 2021
Amanda Solloway Portrait
Amanda Solloway
Co-Chair
Conservative - Derby North
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 1st July 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Karen Lee Portrait
Karen Lee
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Chichester
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Karen Lee Portrait
Karen Lee
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 20th December 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Vicky Foxcroft Portrait
Vicky Foxcroft
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham, Deptford
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Domestic Violence and Abuse
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Norwich North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
1 APPG Membership
Deafness
Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
Treasurer
Labour - Sheffield Central
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships