To raise awareness of issues affecting autistic people, their families and carers; to raise parliamentary awareness of autism; to campaign for changes to government policy to benefit autistic people and improve diagnosis or support for autistic people.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Sir Robert Buckland MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7168.
Email: robert.buckland.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Joey Nettleton-Burrows, The National Autistic Society, 391-393 City Road, London EC1V 1NG
Email: APPGA@nas.org.uk
Secretariat:
The National Autistic Society acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.autism.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide14 Jan 2024
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
£12,001
14 Jan 2023
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
£12,001
14 Jan 2022
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
£12,001
14 Jan 2021
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
£16,501
14 Jan 2020
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
£9,001
11 Jul 2019
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
£9,001
11 Jul 2018
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
£9,001
11 Jul 2017
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
£9,001
1 Jan 2016
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
£9,001
1 Jan 2015
National Autistic Society
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£13,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Autism APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Cat Smith
Officer
Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
Child of the North , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Social Integration
Jonathan Reynolds
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Stalybridge and Hyde
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Barry Sheerman
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 22nd February 2023
Assistive Technology , Carbon Monoxide , Data Analytics , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Sharon Hodgson
Officer
Labour - Washington and Sunderland West
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 22nd February 2023
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing
Paul Bristow
Officer
Conservative - Peterborough
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
Huw Merriman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 22nd February 2023
Central Bank and Digital Currency , Crypto and Digital Assets , Cyber Security and Business Resilience , Disability , Oman , Saudi Arabia , Women and Work
Kieran Mullan
Officer
Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 4th May 2022
Deep Geothermal , Humanist , Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System
Lisa Cameron
Officer
Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 4th May 2022
Community Energy
James Cartlidge
Officer
Conservative - South Suffolk
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
Marion Fellows
Officer
Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 4th May 2022
Financial Education for Young People
Lord Sterling of Plaistow
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 4th May 2022
Alternative Dispute Resolution , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing , Flood Prevention , Haiti , River Thames , Sport , UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Cheryl Gillan
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 10th March 2021
Mike Wood
Officer
Conservative - Dudley South
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 23rd October 2019
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Officer
Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 23rd October 2019
Jim Shannon
Officer
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 10th October 2018
Bahá'í Faith , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Pakistani Minorities , Respiratory Health , Sleep
Maria Caulfield
Officer
Conservative - Lewes
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 10th October 2018
Cheryl Gillan
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 20th December 2017
Beyond Pills , Bowel Cancer , Central South , HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health , Muscular Dystrophy , Tennis
Charlotte Leslie
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bristol North West
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Robert Flello
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Broadband and Digital Communication , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Women and Work , Yemen
Ronnie Cowan
Officer
Scottish National Party - Inverclyde
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Commercial Sexual Exploitation