Special Educational Needs and Disabilities APPG

First Registered: 20/05/2020 • 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.

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To support special schools and SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) provision in mainstream school and college settings.

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
Barbara Keeley Portrait
Barbara Keeley
Officer
Labour - Worsley and Eccles South
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Opera , Theatre
Andy McDonald Portrait
Andy McDonald
Vice Chair
Labour - Middlesbrough
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Palestine , Spinal Cord Injury
James Sunderland Portrait
James Sunderland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bracknell
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , St Kitts and Nevis , Western Rail Link to Heathrow
Marsha De Cordova Portrait
Marsha De Cordova
Vice Chair
Labour - Battersea
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Disability , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Football , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Renters and Rental Reform
Sally-Ann Hart Portrait
Sally-Ann Hart
Vice Chair
Conservative - Hastings and Rye
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Almshouses , Childhood Trauma , Coastal Communities , Independent Education , Ocean , School Exclusions and Alternative Provision , South East , Wetlands
Olivia Blake Portrait
Olivia Blake
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sheffield, Hallam
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Customer Service , Eating Disorders , Environment , Migration
Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Officer
Labour - Luton South
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Council Housing , Humanist , Pubs
Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Officer
Conservative - York Outer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Antimicrobial Resistance , Science and Technology in Agriculture
Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Officer
Labour - Jarrow
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Tim Farron Portrait
Tim Farron
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Migration , Radiotherapy
Jeremy Corbyn Portrait
Jeremy Corbyn
Officer
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Membership
Dalits
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Sunderland West
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
10 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Breast Cancer , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Leamside Line , Music Education , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
4 APPG Memberships
First Do No Harm , Flood Prevention , Modernising Employment , Schools, Learning and Assessment
James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bury North
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
4 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Cricket , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , National Trust
Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Officer
Conservative - Aylesbury
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 15th June 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Jordan , Libya
None Portrait
Jack Dromey
Officer
 Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Rob Butler
Officer
 Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 20th May 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Olivia Blake MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3552.

Email: olivia.blake.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Robert Kelsall, NAHT, 1 Heath Square, Boltro Road, Haywards Heath RH16 1BL. Tel: 01444 472 400

Email: appg.send@naht.org.uk

Secretariat:

National Association of Head Teachers acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.naht.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.naht.org.uk/appgsend

Benefits in Kind
Date
3 Mar 2023
Source
National Association of Head Teachers
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/03/2023 To : 02/03/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
3 Mar 2022
Source
National Association of Head Teachers
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/03/2022 To : 02/03/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
3 Mar 2021
Source
National Association of Head Teachers
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/03/2021 To : 02/03/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
3 Mar 2020
Source
National Association of Head Teachers
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/03/2020 To : 02/03/2021
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities APPG