Literacy APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

The APPG is committed to ensuring parliamentary knowledge and support for the latest research, policy, and best practice in the field of literacy. The APPG will highlight the importance of raising literacy levels across the country, and will raise awareness of the importance of taking a multi-sector and multi-partner approach to literacy improvement.

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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5 Current APPG Officers
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Swindon
Joined: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Gill Furniss Portrait
Gill Furniss
Officer
Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 28th June 2023
Lord Tope Portrait
Lord Tope
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Christian Wakeford MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6437.

Email: christian.wakeford.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Erin Hayden, National Literacy Trust, 68 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL. Tel: 020 7587 1842

Email: erin.hayden@literacytrust.org.uk

Group's Website:

https://literacytrust.org.uk/policy-and-campaigns/all-party-parliamentary-group-literacy/

Date
19 Jan 2021
Source
National Literacy Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 19/01/2021 To : 18/01/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Sep 2018
Source
National Literacy Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/09/2018 To : 11/09/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Sep 2017
Source
National Literacy Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/09/2017 To : 11/09/2018
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Literacy APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lucy Powell Portrait
Lucy Powell
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 9th February 2022
Stephen Twigg Portrait
Stephen Twigg
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Liverpool, West Derby
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Clarke Portrait
Simon Clarke
Officer
Conservative - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Gilbert of Panteg Portrait
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
Stephen McPartland Portrait
Stephen McPartland
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Stevenage
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017