National Union of Students UK

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

4

across all groups run

Registered funders

1

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 StudentsSubject Group
To bring HE and FE (higher and further education) students’ issues to Westminster, connecting students’ unions, students and decision-makers to better understand student life today.
Officered by: Abtisam Mohamed (Chair & Registered Contact), Alex Sobel (Co-Chair), Lord Willetts (Vice Chair), Gideon Amos (Vice Chair)
Paid by: National Union of Students UK (£4,501-6,000)