Social Work APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • 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 8th April 2024 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Women and Work APPG?

To promote knowledge and understanding of social work, the role that social workers have, and the issues that impact the lives of those in receipt of social work support.

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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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Former APPG Members

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David Simmonds

Chair & Registered Contact

Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Migration

Cat Smith

Vice Chair

Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood

Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Parkrun , West Coast Main Line

Baroness Uddin

Vice Chair

Non-affiliated - Life peer

Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024

7 APPG Memberships
Central Bank and Digital Currency , Crypto and Digital Assets , Cyber Security and Business Resilience , Disability , Oman , Saudi Arabia , Women and Work

Lord Hall of Birkenhead

Vice Chair

Crossbench - Life peer

Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

No other APPG Memberships

Barbara Keeley

Treasurer

Labour - Worsley and Eccles South

Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024

4 APPG Memberships
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Opera , Theatre

Lord Dubs

Secretary

Labour - Life peer

Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

5 APPG Memberships
Czechia , Explosive Threats , Lebanon , Multiple Sclerosis , Refugees

Peter Bottomley

Vice Chair

Conservative - Worthing West

Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd March 2022

25 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Immigration Detention , Limits to Growth , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe