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Benyon, Richard - Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ACOBA Advice

Advice to Richard Benyon, former Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.

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Advice Letter: Richard Benyon, Board Member, ELT Recovery Ltd

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Advice letter: Richard Benyon MP, Chairman and Director, Englefield Estates Trust

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Advice letter 2013: Richard Benyon MP, Chairman and Director, Englefield Estates Trust

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Rt Hon The Lord Benyon left his role at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in July 2024.

Board Member, ELT Recovery Ltd

Rt Hon The Lord Benyon sought the Committee’s advice about taking up a role with ELT Recovery Ltd. The letter containing the Committee’s consideration and the conditions imposed on the appointment was sent in September 2024 and the appointment was taken up in June 2025. An accessible version of the letter is available here.

Chairman and Director, Englefield Estates Trust

Rt Hon The Lord Benyon sought the Committee’s advice about taking up a role with Englefield Estates Trust. The letter containing the Committee’s consideration and the conditions imposed on the appointment was sent in October 2024 and the appointment was taken up in November 2024. An accessible version of the letter is available here.

Rt Hon The Lord Benyon left his previous role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment, Water and Rural Affairs in October 2013, before re-joining government. The Committee’s correspondence to Rt Hon The Lord Benyon following his previous departure from government in 2013 is also listed on this page.

Updates to this page

Published 31 December 2013
Last updated 20 August 2025 show all updates
  1. Appointment with ELT Recovery Ltd added.

  2. New appointment with Englefield Estates added.

  3. First published.

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