Founded in 2017, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Single Parent Families is a cross-party group made up of members from both the House of Commons and Lords.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Single Parent Families formal purpose is to collaborate across the political spectrum to campaign against legislative loopholes that disadvantage single parents, and for positive representation of a category which is increasingly common yet still all too often stigmatised.
Gingerbread, the national charity for single parents, manages the APPG and acts as the official secretariat, as well as providing advice to the Chair and Officers.
Officers:
Chair – Rupa Huq
Josh Fenton-Glynn
Lord Balfe
Michelle Welsh
Members:
Martin Vickers
Mims Davies
Imran Hussain
Rosie Duffield
Lord Bird
Paul Waugh
Baroness Lister
Tonia Antoniazzi
Jess Asato
Sarah Coombes
Chris Bloore
Kate Osamor
Neil Coyle
Natasha Irons
Alex McIntyre
Dan Aldridge
Peter Swallow
Lee Pitcher
Baroness Janke
Sarah Green
Public enquiry contact
Email: campaign@gingerbread.org.uk
APPG Events
Upcoming Events
December – Annual General Meeting and Meeting on Child Maintenance Calculations (More details to follow)
Past Events
2025
- Tuesday 21 October 2025 – Meeting on Universal Credit and Childcare (in person)
- Tuesday 20 May 2025 – Meeting on Single-Parent Families and Child Poverty (hybrid)
- Tuesday 28 January 2025 – APPG on Single-Parent Families and Gingerbread Hosts Parliamentary Reception on the Child Maintenance Service (in person)
2024
- Tuesday 22 October 2024 – Annual General Meeting (in person)
- Monday 22 April 2024 – APPG on Single-Parent Families and Gingerbread Hosts Single Parents Manifesto Launch (in person)
2023
- Tuesday 12 December 2023 – Meeting on Single-Parent Families and Disability (hybrid)
- Tuesday 24 October 2023 – Meeting on Social Security and the Cost of Living (hybrid)
- Thursday 23 February 2023 – Meeting on Single-Parent Families and Employment (hybrid)
2022
- Wednesday 16 March 2022 – Meeting on Single-Parent Families and the Cost of Living (remote)
- Monday 17 January 2022 – Meeting on Making the Child Maintenance Service Work for Single-Parent Families (remote)
2021
- Thursday 4 November 2021 – APPG on Single-Parent Families and Gingerbread Hosts The Single Parent Employment Challenge Report Launch