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Appointments taken up by former ministers (2014-2015 to 2017-2018)

Advice provided by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments from 2014-15 to 2017-2018 inclusive, where an outside appointment has been taken up or announced.

• From: Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
• Published: 31 August 2014
• Last updated: 20 June 2018 — See all updates

The Committee’s advice given to former ministers in relation to new appointments or employment, including the conditions imposed.

Information on appointments taken up before 2014-15 can be found in the relevant ACOBA annual report

If an appointment is not listed here, it does not necessarily mean that advice has not been sought or provided. Until the point at which an appointment or employment is taken up, it remains in confidence. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments publish advice only when it is informed that an appointment has been taken up or announced.

ACOBA recommendations - alphabetical

This list contains all appointments published in relation to those taken up before April 2018.

• Alexander, Danny - Chief Secretary to the Treasury - ACOBA recommendation
  • 10 February 2016
  • Decision
• Andrews, Leighton - Minister for Public Services, Welsh Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 20 February 2018
  • Decision
• Barker, Lord - Minister of State, DECC and Minister for Business Engagement with India - ACOBA recommendation
  • 15 February 2016
  • Decision
• Biagi, Marco - Minister for Local Government & Community Empowerment, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 2 August 2016
  • Decision
• Blackwood-Bate, Nicola - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation at the Department of Health - ACOBA recommendation
  • 20 November 2018
  • Decision
• Brazier, Julian - Minister of State for Reserves at the Ministry of Defence - ACOBA recommendation
  • 20 June 2018
  • Decision
• Bridges, George - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DExEU - ACOBA recommendation
  • 6 November 2017
  • Decision
• Browne, Jeremy - Minister of State, Home Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 15 September 2015
  • Decision
• Burgess, Margaret - Minister for Housing and Welfare, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 September 2016
  • Decision
• Burt, Alistair - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 11 February 2015
  • Decision
• Burt, Baroness - Assistant Government Whip - ACOBA recommendation
  • 18 January 2016
  • Decision
• Cable, Vince - Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Cameron, David - Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs - ACOBA advice
  • 12 March 2025
  • Decision
• Clegg, Nick - Deputy Prime Minister - ACOBA recommendation
  • 26 July 2016
  • Decision
• Davey, Edward - Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• De Mauley, Lord - Parliamentary Under Secretary, Defra - ACOBA recommendation
  • 23 June 2016
  • Decision
• Deighton, Lord - Commercial Secretary to the Treasury - ACOBA recommendation
  • 16 May 2016
  • Decision
• Duddridge, James - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, FCO - ACOBA recommendation
  • 30 January 2018
  • Decision
• Duncan, Alan - Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office - ACOBA Advice
  • 24 May 2021
  • Decision
• Fallon, Michael - Secretary of State for Defence, Ministry of Defence - ACOBA recommendation
  • 5 June 2019
  • Decision
• Foster, Lord - Deputy Chief Whip - ACOBA recommendation
  • 8 March 2016
  • Decision
• Gillan, Cheryl - Secretary of State for Wales - ACOBA recommendation
  • 27 May 2015
  • Decision
• Gove, Michael - Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, No.10 - ACOBA advice
  • 28 October 2024
  • Decision
• Grant, Helen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Green, Damian, First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 2 May 2018
  • Decision
• Green, Stephen (Lord) - Minister of State for Trade and Investment - ACOBA recommendation
  • 8 July 2015
  • Decision
• Gummer, Ben - Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General - ACOBA recommendation
  • 16 July 2018
  • Decision
• Hague, William - Leader of the House of Commons - ACOBA recommendation
  • 17 January 2017
  • Decision
• Hammond, Stephen - Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice
  • 2 February 2021
  • Decision
• Harper, Mark - former Government Chief Whip, Cabinet Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Hart, Edwina - Minister for Economy, Science and Transport in the Welsh Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Heath, David - Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, Defra - ACOBA recommendation
  • 27 May 2015
  • Decision
• Hoban, Mark - Minister for Employment, Department for Work and Pensions - ACOBA recommendation
  • 29 September 2015
  • Decision
• Hughes, Simon - Minister of State, Ministry of Justice - ACOBA recommendation
  • 15 February 2016
  • Decision
• Lamb, Norman - Minister for Care and Support, Department of Health - ACOBA recommendation
  • 16 May 2016
  • Decision
• Lansley, Andrew - Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal - ACOBA recommendation
  • 25 November 2015
  • Decision
• Laws, David - Minister of State for Schools and Minister of State in the Cabinet Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Lee, Catherine - Director General, Ministry of Justice - ACOBA recommendation
  • 20 June 2018
  • Decision
• Letwin, Oliver - Minister for Government Policy and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Cabinet Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 24 January 2018
  • Decision
• Lewis, Huw - Minister for Education and Skills, Welsh Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 12 October 2016
  • Decision
• Livingston, Lord - Minister of State for Trade and Investment - ACOBA recommendation
  • 12 October 2016
  • Decision
• Luff, Peter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence - ACOBA recommendation
  • 31 July 2014
  • Decision
• MacLeod, Fiona - Acting Minister for Children and Young People, the Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Maude, Francis - Minister for Trade and Investment - ACOBA recommendation
  • 14 May 2018
  • Decision
• McLeod, Aileen - Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 12 July 2018
  • Decision
• McVey, Esther - Minister of State without Portfolio, the Cabinet Office- ACOBA advice
  • 19 March 2025
  • Decision
• Morgan, Nicky - Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport - ACOBA Advice
  • 15 November 2021
  • Decision
• Morgan, Nicky - Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport - ACOBA Advice
  • 15 November 2021
  • Decision
• Neil, Alex - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioner’s Rights, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 10 January 2017
  • Decision
• Neill, Bob - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DCLG - ACOBA recommendation
  • 31 October 2013
  • Decision
• Neville-Rolfe, Lucy - Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Her Majesty's Treasury - ACOBA recommendation
  • 5 December 2018
  • Decision
• Northover, Baroness - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DFID - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• O'Brien, Stephen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DFID - ACOBA recommendation
  • 31 March 2014
  • Decision
• O'Neill, Lord - Commercial Secretary, ACOBA recommendation
  • 12 July 2018
  • Decision
• Osborne, George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury - ACOBA recommendation
  • 13 June 2018
  • Decision
• Paterson, Owen - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ACOBA recommendation
  • 11 August 2015
  • Decision
• Percy, Andrew - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 26 September 2017
  • Decision
• Pickles, Eric - Secretary of State, DCLG - ACOBA recommendation
  • 1 June 2016
  • Decision
• Poulter, Daniel - Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health - ACOBA recommendation
  • 12 October 2016
  • Decision
• Prior, Lord - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ACOBA recommendation
  • 26 September 2018
  • Decision
• Robertson, Hugh - Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 27 May 2015
  • Decision
• Rogerson, Dan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Defra - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Russell, Michael - Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
  • 14 May 2015
  • Decision
• Salmond, Alex - First Minister of Scotland - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Shapps, Grant - Minister of State, Department for International Development
  • 6 November 2017
  • Decision
• Shields, Joanna, Minister for Internet Safety and Security, Home Office/ DCMS - ACOBA recommendation
  • 13 June 2018
  • Decision
• Simmonds, Mark - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 7 June 2016
  • Decision
• Swinson, Jo - Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, BIS - ACOBA recommendation
  • 20 April 2017
  • Decision
• Vaizey, Ed - Minister of State for Digital and Culture, DCMS and BIS - ACOBA recommendation
  • 7 February 2018
  • Decision
• Verma, Baroness - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DFID - ACOBA
  • 28 September 2020
  • Decision
• Villiers, Theresa, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Office - ACOBA recommendation
  • 20 April 2017
  • Decision
• Wallace, Lord - Advocate General for Scotland - ACOBA recommendation
  • 31 May 2017
  • Decision
• Warsi, Baroness - Senior Minister of State, FCO, and Minister for Faith and Communities, DCLG - ACOBA recommendation
  • 19 July 2017
  • Decision
• Webb, Steve - Minister for Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions - ACOBA recommendation
  • 12 August 2015
  • Decision
• Wharton, James - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development - ACOBA recommendation
  • 26 September 2018
  • Decision
• Willetts, Lord - Minister for Universities and Science, BIS - ACOBA recommendation
  • 20 June 2016
  • Decision

Published 31 August 2014

Last updated 20 June 2018 + show all updates

1. 20 June 2018

   List updated.

2. 2 May 2018

   Description updated

3. 28 February 2018

   Updated list

4. 20 February 2018

   Updated list.

5. 7 February 2018

   Updated list.

6. 5 February 2018

   Updated list.

7. 24 January 2018

   List updated.

8. 6 November 2017

   Updated list.

9. 26 September 2017

   Updated list.

10. 21 September 2017

    Updated list.

11. 20 July 2017

    Updated list.

12. 7 June 2017

    Updated list.

13. 31 May 2017

    Updated list.

14. 2 May 2017

    Updated list.

15. 20 April 2017

    List updated.

16. 28 February 2017

    Updated list.

17. 30 January 2017

    Updated list.

18. 25 January 2017

    Updated list.

19. 24 January 2017

    Updated list.

20. 20 January 2017

    List updated.

21. 17 January 2017

    Updated list.

22. 11 January 2017

    Updated list.

23. 10 January 2017

    List updated.

24. 19 December 2016

    Updated list.

25. 7 December 2016

    Updated list.

26. 14 November 2016

    Updated list.

27. 31 October 2016

    List updated

28. 12 October 2016

    List updated for October

29. 19 September 2016

    Updated list.

30. 5 September 2016

    Updated list

31. 16 August 2016

    Updated list

32. 2 August 2016

    Updated list for August.

33. 26 July 2016

    Updated list

34. 6 July 2016

    Updated list.

35. 23 June 2016

    List updated.

36. 20 June 2016

    Updated list.

37. 7 June 2016

    Updated list.

38. 1 June 2016

    Updated list for June.

39. 23 May 2016

    Update to list of appointments.

40. 16 May 2016

    Updated list for May 2016.

41. 27 April 2016

    Updated list.

42. 8 March 2016

    Updated list for March 2016

43. 29 February 2016

    Updated list

44. 15 February 2016

    Updated list

45. 10 February 2016

    Updated list

46. 3 February 2016

    Updated list for February

47. 25 January 2016

    Updated list.

48. 18 January 2016

    List updated.

49. 8 January 2016

    Updated latest appointments list.

50. 6 January 2016

    Updated list for January

51. 4 January 2016

    List updated

52. 10 December 2015

    Updated list

53. 2 December 2015

    List updated

54. 18 November 2015

    Updated list

55. 17 November 2015

    Updated list for November 2015

56. 29 September 2015

    List updated.

57. 15 September 2015

    Updated list for September

58. 26 August 2015

    List updated

59. 12 August 2015

    List updated

60. 11 August 2015

    List updated for August

61. 27 July 2015

    Most recent appointments updated

62. 20 July 2015

    List updated

63. 8 July 2015

    List updated

64. 11 June 2015

    List updated for June.

65. 27 May 2015

    List updated

66. 14 May 2015

    Added Michael Russell

67. 14 May 2015

    Mark Simmonds updated.

68. 30 April 2015

    Updated to show appointments in 2014-15 and 2015-16

69. 24 March 2015

    David Heath added

70. 9 March 2015

    Baroness Warsi appointment added

71. 19 February 2015

    Rt Hon David Willetts MP added

72. 5 February 2015

    Mark Hoban appointment added

73. 31 August 2014

    First published.