All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion in STEMAbout the Group The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) in STEM aims to promote the inclusion and progression of people from diverse backgrounds in STEM, and to encourage government, parliamentarians, academics, businesses and other stakeholders to work towards a STEM sector that is representative of the population. We also want to consider and influence changes in policy that will lead to this outcome. For more updates, follow us on Twitter. As part of its work on equality, diversity and inclusion across the science and science engagement sectors, the British Science Association (BSA) acts as secretariat for the Group. The Group is made up of Members of Parliament and Lords, and is a focus for collaboration with businesses and other organisations in STEM. Details of previous meetings of the APPG can be found here. Visit the Inquiries section to read reports from this APPG Sponsors To enquire about sponsoring the APPG, contact Agasty Baylon Yogaratnam. Register for updates Sign up here to receive updates about the APPG on D&I in STEM. We will only use this information to contact you about the Group's work. If you can't see the form, please accept cookies in browser for this webpage. Members The Officers and Members of the APPG are listed below. All Officers were elected at the APPG's AGM on 27 April 2023. Chi Onwurah MP ChairLabour Baroness BrownOfficerCrossbench Chris ClarksonOfficerConservative Baroness Garden of Frognal, OfficerLiberal Democrat Baroness Grey-ThompsonOfficerCrossbench John McNally MPOfficerScottish National Party Stephen Metcalfe MPOfficerConservative Carol Monaghan MPOfficerScottish National Party Baroness VermaOfficerConservative Aaron Bell MPMemberConservative Baroness BenjaminMemberLiberal Democrat Lord Clement-JonesMemberLiberal Democrat Baroness GoldingMemberLabour Baroness GoudieMemberLabour Baroness HollinsMemberCrossbench Rupa Huq MPMemberLabour Darren Jones MPMemberLabour Lord LucasMemberConservative Baroness McIntosh of PickeringMemberConservative Baroness MorganMemberLabour Alex Norris MPMemberLabour (Co-op) Lord PatelMemberCrossbench Baroness PrasharMemberCrossbench Baroness ProsserMemberLabour Lord Smith of FinsburyMemberUnaffiliated Sam Tarry MPMemberLabour Baroness ThorntonMemberLabour (Co-op) Catherine West MPMemberLabour Lord WillettsMemberConservative Photos taken from the Parliament Website under an Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) licence. Photo of Lord Willetts taken by Duncan Hull under an Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence. This is not an official website of the House of Commons or the House of Lords. It has not been approved by either house or its committees. All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal groups of members of both houses with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed in these webpages are those of the group. Photo credit: Maurice APPG on D&I in STEM Our work Sponsors Get involved In the news Regional STEM Skills Inequity 2022 Project In Autumn 2021, the APPG put out a ‘Call for Ideas’ to invite submissions of potential activities for the APPG to focus on in the new year. From the 20+ submissions received and following feedback from members of the APPG, the Secretariat chose the final concept - Regional STEM Skills Inequity. This was evolved from an initial submission by Engineering UK. Responses submitted, who consented to online publication, can be accessed via the below link. View submissions The APPG will be commissioning data mapping of skills inequity in the UK. This data analysis, on a constituency level, will help to understand how skills provision varies across the UK and intersects with regional inequity. It will identify the place-based barriers to STEM and examine links between minoritised communities and STEM access. We hope that it will act as a tool to influence funding decisions, support previous recommendations of the APPG and provide quantitative data to help to further build the case for systemic change. The Secretariat is currently scoping in-depth what this data analysis should look like and the work will progress over Autumn 2022, culminating in early 2023. Updates and opportunities for engagement will be posted on this page. Manage Cookie Preferences