All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) for the UK Cleaning and Hygiene Industry (dissolved)

The priorities of the former APPG, which was dissolved ahead of the 2024 General Election.

• The APPG has conducted a short inquiry to highlight the essential nature of the work undertaken by cleaning and hygiene operatives. [Cleaning is skilled work. It should be recognised as a skilled occupation.
• The APPG has successfully worked with the cleaning industry trailblazer group, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, and Departmental Ministers and their officials to support the establishment of the Level 2 Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship, which was launched on 1 January 2024.
• The APPG to promote the importance of the cleaning and hygiene sector to restore popular confidence to return to public places, including workplaces.
• In the aftermath of the pandemic, the APPG to encourage the adoption and promotion of preventative health and hygiene, such as best practise in disinfection control and sanitisation of surfaces and the introduction of a standard colour-coding system for hygiene to help prevent cross contamination during the cleaning process.
• To promote the adoption of the real Living Wage; to underline the importance of paying good wages to people in essential occupations, such as cleaning. To shift the adjudication of public sector cleaning contracts away from cost at the expense of value and to end the “race to the bottom”.

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