General news
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Care for Older People is an officially registered APPG, which was established in July 2009. It aims to highlight the importance of the role of housing alongside social care and health.
Current and future debates about support and services for older people make this APPG an important forum for agenda setting and discussion about the relationship between housing and care and the need for a comprehensive and joined up approach. The APPG focuses on some key priorities:
- Joining up housing, health and care
- Encouraging control and choice
- Highlighting the need for extra funding
- Co-Chair: Anna Dixon MP (Labour, Shipley)
- Co-Chair: Lord Best (Crossbench)
- Vice Chair: Neil Coyle MP (Labour, Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
- Vice Chair: Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative)
The APPG members as of December 2024:
- Amos, Gideon (MP, Liberal Democrat, Taunton and Wellington
- Andrews, Kay (Baroness, Labour)
- Best, Richard (Lord, Crossbench) (Co-Chair)
- Birt, John (Lord, Crossbench)
- Blackman, Bob (MP, Conservative, Harrow East)
- Cadbury, Ruth (MP, Labour, Brentford and Isleworth)
- Courtenay, Charles (Lord, Earl of Devon)
- Coyle, Neil (MP, Labour, Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Vice Chair)
- Crisp, Nigel (Lord, Crossbench)
- Dineage, Caroline (MP, Conservative, Gosport)
- Dixon, Anna (MP, Labour, Shipley) (Co-Chair)
- Filkin, Geoffrey (Lord, Labour)
- Finlay of Llandaff, Ilora (Baroness, Crossbench)
- Francis-Dehqani, Guli (The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford)
- Grey-Thompson, Tanni (Baroness, Crossbench)
- Hayter of Kentish Town, Dianne (Baroness, Labour)
- Howarth of Breckland, Valerie (Baroness, Crossbench)
- Jamieson, James (Lord, Conservative)
- Lytton, John (Earl, Crossbench)
- Maskell, Rachael (MP, Labour, York Central)
- Mohamed, Iqbal (MP, Independent, Dewsbury and Batley)
- Pitkeathley, Jill (Baroness, Labour)
- Porter of Spalding, Gary (Lord, Conservative)
- Riddell-Carpenter, Jenny (MP, Labour, Suffolk Coastal)
- Scott of Bybrook, Jane (Baroness, Conservative)
- Shipley, John (Lord, Liberal Democrat)
- Stoneham of Droxford, Ben (Lord, Liberal Democrat)
- Thornhill, Dorothy (Baroness, Liberal Democrat)
- Watkins of Tavistock, Mary (Baroness, Crossbench)
- Willetts, David (Lord, Conservative)
- Young of Cookham, George (Lord, Conservative) (Vice Chair)
APPG inquiry reports
Read the findings and recommendations of past APPG inquiry reports
APPG minutes
Read the minutes of past APPG meetings to find out more about what was discussed
Housing our Ageing Population Panel for Innovation
The HAPPI principles are based on 10 key design criteria with particular relevance to the spectrum of older persons' housing which needs to offer an attractive alternative to the family home, and be able to adapt over time to meet changing needs.
Income and expenditure statement 2024
The Income and Expenditure Statement for the APPG for the dissolution period