Shelter

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 Council and Social HousingSubject Group
The APPG brings together parliamentarians to address homelessness and housing affordability through the delivery of council and social rent homes. It provides a forum for discussion, briefings, and evidence to support informed parliamentary debate and policy change.
Officered by: Chris Hinchliff (Chair & Registered Contact), Andrew Lewin (Vice Chair), Siân Berry (Vice Chair), Lord Naseby (Vice Chair)
Paid by: Shelter (£63,001-64,500)