Digital Inclusion APPG

First Registered: 24/01/2024 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

The APPG brings together parliamentarians, industry experts and civil society to explore policies to improve digital inclusion with the aim to close the digital divide in the UK. The APPG is committed to finding and amplifying ways to enhance access to data and devices and improve digital skills.

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
21 Current APPG Members
Lord Brennan of Canton Portrait
Lord Brennan of Canton
Member
Labour - Life peer
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay Portrait
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Humanist , United Nations Global Goals , Writers
Lord Glasman Portrait
Lord Glasman
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Iraq

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hall of Birkenhead Portrait
Lord Hall of Birkenhead
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Environment
Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Member
Labour - Bristol North West
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Blockchain Technologies
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley Portrait
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Modern Conflict , Writers
Lord Lipsey Portrait
Lord Lipsey
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Humanist , Media , Social Science and Policy , Water Pollution
Lucy Rigby Portrait
Lucy Rigby
Member
Labour - Northampton North
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Financial Technology
Jamie Stone Portrait
Jamie Stone
Member
Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dan Aldridge MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: daniel.aldridge.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jo Dalton, Lodestone Communications. Tel: 07970 550471

Email: j.d@lodestonecommunications.com

Secretariat:

Lodestone Communications acts as the group's secretariat. https://lodestonecommunications.com/

Group's Website:

https://www.datapovertyappg.co.uk

Date
9 Oct 2024
Source
Lodestone Communications
Description
Lodestone Communications is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Virgin Money, BT Group, Nominet, Jisc, Vodafone, Virgin Media, Good Things Foundation   From : 09/10/2024 To : 08/10/2025
Value
£45,001
Date
9 Oct 2024
Source
Lodestone Communications
Description
Lodestone Communications is paid by the following to meet cost of events, reports, website: Virgin Money, BT Group, Nominet, Jisc, Vodafone, Virgin Media, Good Things Foundation   From : 09/10/2024 To : 08/10/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
22 Dec 2023
Source
Nominet
Value
£12,000
Date
20 Nov 2023
Source
Jisc
Value
£12,000
Date
25 Oct 2023
Source
BT
Value
£12,000
Date
31 Mar 2023
Source
Vodafone
Value
£12,000
Date
24 Mar 2023
Source
Virgin Media O2
Value
£12,000
Former APPG Officers
Lucy Rigby Portrait
Lucy Rigby
Co-Chair
Labour - Northampton North
Joined: 20th November 2024
Departed: 28th March 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matt Warman Portrait
Matt Warman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Boston and Skegness
Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay Portrait
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Carol Monaghan Portrait
Carol Monaghan
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North West
Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships