Art, Craft and Design in Education APPG
First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025
The group believes that art, craft and design education is essential to the economy and to the cultural, spiritual, creative and social wellbeing of all; that it empowers individuals, enabling them to engage with our rich visual and cultural heritage, express themselves and become visually literate and perceptive, and that access to high quality art, craft and design education is an entitlement for everyone.
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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
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3 APPG Officer Positions
Coastal Communities , Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
20 APPG Memberships
British Buses , Cats , Climate Change , Creative Health , Environment , Events , Infrastructure , Micromobility , Music Education , Ocean , Parks and Green Spaces , Performing Arts Education and Training , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , South East , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tidy Britain , Transport Safety , Water Pollution , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
Coastal Communities , Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
20 APPG Memberships
British Buses , Cats , Climate Change , Creative Health , Environment , Events , Infrastructure , Micromobility , Music Education , Ocean , Parks and Green Spaces , Performing Arts Education and Training , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , South East , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tidy Britain , Transport Safety , Water Pollution , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
2 APPG Officer Positions
Craft , Visual Arts and Artists
7 APPG Memberships
Intellectual Property , Long Covid , Music , Music Education , Performing Arts Education and Training , Theatre , Writers
Craft , Visual Arts and Artists
7 APPG Memberships
Intellectual Property , Long Covid , Music , Music Education , Performing Arts Education and Training , Theatre , Writers
5 APPG Officer Positions
First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
44 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beauty and Wellbeing , Beer , British Jews , Carers , Child of the North , Children's Online Safety , City Regions Transport , Early Education and Childcare , Faith and Society , Falkland Islands , Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hadrian's Wall , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Healthy Homes and Buildings , India , Israel , Key Cities , Less Survivable Cancers , Long Covid , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
44 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beauty and Wellbeing , Beer , British Jews , Carers , Child of the North , Children's Online Safety , City Regions Transport , Early Education and Childcare , Faith and Society , Falkland Islands , Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hadrian's Wall , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Healthy Homes and Buildings , India , Israel , Key Cities , Less Survivable Cancers , Long Covid , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
2 APPG Officer Positions
Arts and Heritage , Jazz
3 APPG Memberships
Autism , Infrastructure , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Arts and Heritage , Jazz
3 APPG Memberships
Autism , Infrastructure , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Contact Details
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Ms Polly Billington MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: polly.billington.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Susan Coles. Tel: 07799 584978
Email: susanmcoles@gmail.com
Benefits in Kind
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Date
1 Jan 2016
1 Jan 2016
Source
National Society for Education in Art & Design
National Society for Education in Art & Design
Description
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
1 Jan 2015
Source
National Society for Education in Art & Design
National Society for Education in Art & Design
Description
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Art, Craft and Design in Education APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Rupa Huq
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
British Sikhs , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fairtrade , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single-Parent Families , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
British Sikhs , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fairtrade , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single-Parent Families , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
No other APPG Memberships
Lia Nici
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Great Grimsby
Joined: 8th April 2024Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
5 APPG Officer Positions
Airport Communities , Food and Drink , Global Education , Kurds , School Food
Airport Communities , Food and Drink , Global Education , Kurds , School Food
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Cormack
Vice Chair
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts and Artists
Afrikan Reparations , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts and Artists
No other APPG Memberships
4 APPG Officer Positions
Artificial Intelligence , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Jamaica , Women in Parliament
Artificial Intelligence , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Jamaica , Women in Parliament
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Wilcox of Newport
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Key Cities , Performing Arts Education and Training , Responsible Business , Western Gateway
Key Cities , Performing Arts Education and Training , Responsible Business , Western Gateway
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hampton
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
David Warburton
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts and Artists
Afrikan Reparations , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts and Artists
No other APPG Memberships
Gillian Keegan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chichester
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Freyberg
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Tulip Siddiq
Vice Chair
Labour - Hampstead and Highgate
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
7 APPG Officer Positions
BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Mexico , Publishing , Shakespeare
BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Mexico , Publishing , Shakespeare
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
