Inappropriate Institutional Care of Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities APPG

First Registered: 07/09/2022 • 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 7th May 2025 and may be defunct.

To provide a cross-party forum to discuss the issue of the detention of autistic people and people with learning disabilities in Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs) and other forms of inappropriate institutional care arrangements and to campaign to reduce the use of ATUs and other forms of inappropriate institutional care arrangements.

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 APPG Officers

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Baroness Keeley

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Life peer

Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

7 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Music Education , Tennis , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers

No other APPG Memberships

Helen Hayes

Vice Chair

Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood

Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson

Vice Chair

Labour - Washington and Gateshead South

Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

6 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships