National Literacy Trust

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

4

across all groups run

Registered funders

0

paying entries on the APPG register

A secretariat is the entity that does the operational work of an All-Party Parliamentary Group: drafts agendas, briefs MPs, sends out invitations, books rooms, writes reports. When the secretariat is a lobby firm or PR firm, the APPG is a paid channel for the firm’s clients to access MPs. The MPs officer the group, the firm supplies the staff and the policy line, the firm’s clients (listed under Funders below) pay for the privilege.

APPGs operated · 1

All-Party Parliamentary Group on LiteracySubject Group
The APPG is committed to promoting parliamentary understanding and support for the latest national research, policies, and best practices in literacy across the early years, schools and criminal justice system. It will raise awareness of the importance of improving literacy levels and advocates for a targeted, place-based, collaborative, cross-sector approach to achieving this goal.
Officered by: Gareth Snell (Chair & Registered Contact), Tom Tugendhat (Vice Chair), Baroness Blower (Officer), Baroness Benjamin (Officer)