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.
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
- Andrews, Leighton - Minister for Public Services, Welsh Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Barker, Lord - Minister of State, DECC and Minister for Business Engagement with India - ACOBA recommendation
- Biagi, Marco - Minister for Local Government & Community Empowerment, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Blackwood-Bate, Nicola - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation at the Department of Health - ACOBA recommendation
- Brazier, Julian - Minister of State for Reserves at the Ministry of Defence - ACOBA recommendation
- Bridges, George - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DExEU - ACOBA recommendation
- Browne, Jeremy - Minister of State, Home Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Burgess, Margaret - Minister for Housing and Welfare, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Burt, Alistair - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Burt, Baroness - Assistant Government Whip - ACOBA recommendation
- Cable, Vince - Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills - ACOBA recommendation
- Cameron, David - Prime Minister - ACOBA recommendation
- Clegg, Nick - Deputy Prime Minister - ACOBA recommendation
- Davey, Edward - Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change - ACOBA recommendation
- De Mauley, Lord - Parliamentary Under Secretary, Defra - ACOBA recommendation
- Deighton, Lord - Commercial Secretary to the Treasury - ACOBA recommendation
- Duddridge, James - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, FCO - ACOBA recommendation
- Duncan, Alan - Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office - ACOBA Advice
- Fallon, Michael - Secretary of State for Defence, Ministry of Defence - ACOBA recommendation
- Foster, Lord - Deputy Chief Whip - ACOBA recommendation
- Gillan, Cheryl - Secretary of State for Wales - ACOBA recommendation
- Gove, Michael - Secretary of State for Justice - ACOBA recommendation
- Grant, Helen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Green, Damian, First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Green, Stephen (Lord) - Minister of State for Trade and Investment - ACOBA recommendation
- Gummer, Ben - Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General - ACOBA recommendation
- Hague, William - Leader of the House of Commons - ACOBA recommendation
- Hammond, Stephen - Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice
- Harper, Mark - former Government Chief Whip, Cabinet Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Hart, Edwina - Minister for Economy, Science and Transport in the Welsh Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Heath, David - Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, Defra - ACOBA recommendation
- Hoban, Mark - Minister for Employment, Department for Work and Pensions - ACOBA recommendation
- Hughes, Simon - Minister of State, Ministry of Justice - ACOBA recommendation
- Lamb, Norman - Minister for Care and Support, Department of Health - ACOBA recommendation
- Lansley, Andrew - Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal - ACOBA recommendation
- Laws, David - Minister of State for Schools and Minister of State in the Cabinet Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Lee, Catherine - Director General, Ministry of Justice - ACOBA recommendation
- Letwin, Oliver - Minister for Government Policy and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Cabinet Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Lewis, Huw - Minister for Education and Skills, Welsh Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Livingston, Lord - Minister of State for Trade and Investment - ACOBA recommendation
- Luff, Peter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence - ACOBA recommendation
- MacLeod, Fiona - Acting Minister for Children and Young People, the Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Maude, Francis - Minister for Trade and Investment - ACOBA recommendation
- McLeod, Aileen - Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
- McVey, Esther - Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - ACOBA advice
- Morgan, Nicky - Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport - ACOBA Advice
- Morgan, Nicky - Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport - ACOBA Advice
- Neil, Alex - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioner’s Rights, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Neill, Bob - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DCLG - ACOBA recommendation
- Neville-Rolfe, Lucy - Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Her Majesty's Treasury - ACOBA recommendation
- Northover, Baroness - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DFID - ACOBA recommendation
- O'Brien, Stephen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DFID - ACOBA recommendation
- O'Neill, Lord - Commercial Secretary, ACOBA recommendation
- Osborne, George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury - ACOBA recommendation
- Paterson, Owen - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ACOBA recommendation
- Percy, Andrew - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Pickles, Eric - Secretary of State, DCLG - ACOBA recommendation
- Poulter, Daniel - Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health - ACOBA recommendation
- Prior, Lord - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ACOBA recommendation
- Robertson, Hugh - Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Rogerson, Dan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Defra - ACOBA recommendation
- Russell, Michael - Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
- Salmond, Alex - First Minister of Scotland - ACOBA recommendation
- Shapps, Grant - Minister of State, Department for International Development
- Shields, Joanna, Minister for Internet Safety and Security, Home Office/ DCMS - ACOBA recommendation
- Simmonds, Mark - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Swinson, Jo - Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, BIS - ACOBA recommendation
- Vaizey, Ed - Minister of State for Digital and Culture, DCMS and BIS - ACOBA recommendation
- Verma, Baroness - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DFID - ACOBA
- Villiers, Theresa, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Office - ACOBA recommendation
- Wallace, Lord - Advocate General for Scotland - ACOBA recommendation
- Warsi, Baroness - Senior Minister of State, FCO, and Minister for Faith and Communities, DCLG - ACOBA recommendation
- Webb, Steve - Minister for Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions - ACOBA recommendation
- Wharton, James - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development - ACOBA recommendation
- Willetts, Lord - Minister for Universities and Science, BIS - ACOBA recommendation
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