ACOBA Advice Letters

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments advice on post-government roles — tracking the revolving door between government and the private sector. gov.uk.

1995
Advice Letters
941
Ministers
1991
With Conditions

Key Findings

1995 advice letters tracked — covering ministers, special advisers, and senior civil servants taking private sector roles after leaving government.
941 minister applications — former ministers must seek ACOBA advice before taking any role in their first two years after leaving office.
1991 cases had conditions — including lobbying bans, waiting periods, and restrictions on using privileged information from their government role.
ACOBA advice is non-binding — the committee can recommend but not prohibit. Compliance is voluntary, which limits the mechanism's enforcement power.

Showing 1995 cases

Andrew Stephenson
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister of State at the Department for Health and Social Care Colne Men's Shed — Trustee
18 Jun 2025 Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign LSE-Oxford Commission on Growth in Fragile States — Chairman
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Global Board of Advisers — Member
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Finback Investment Partners — Member of the Leadership Advisory Council
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Council on Foreign Relations — Member on Global Board of Advisors
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Caxton Associates LP — Advisory Board Member
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign — Consultant and Brand Ambassador at First Data Corportation
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign WSB; Chairman — Public Speaker
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Alzheimer's Research UK — President
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
Mann
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Laurence- Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary, the Foreign The Office of David Cameron — Chief of Staff/ Director
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develop… Advice letter
Mann
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Laurence- Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary, the Foreign PayCargo LLC — Chief of Staff to the Chair of the Advisory Board
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develop… Advice letter
Mann
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Laurence- Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary, the Foreign Finback Investment Partners — Chief of Staff to Lord Cameron
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develop… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign — Member of the Board of Directors at ONE
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
Mann
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Laurence- Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary, the Foreign DLA Piper LLP (US) — Chief of Staff to Lord Cameron as Strategic Advisor
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develop… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign PayCargo LLC — Chair of the Advisory Board
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign DLA Piper LLP (US) — Strategic Advisor
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre — Chair of the Advisory Council
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Illumina Inc. — Consultant and Chair of International Advisory Board
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Alzheimer's Research UK — President
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
Rachel Maclean
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Ministry of Housing The Conservative and Unionist Party — Director of Strategy
05 Jun 2025 Ministry of Housing, Com… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign Washington Speakers Bureau — Speaker
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
David Cameron
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign UK-China Fund — Vice-Chairman
05 Jun 2025 Commonwealth and Develo… Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign Plan International UK — Chair of the Board of Trustees
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign Association of UK Airlines Limited — Chair
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign — Nesta
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Anneliese Dodds
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister for Development at the Foreign Königswinter — Committee Member
02 Jun 2025 Department for Education Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign MedAccess Trust — Trustee
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign Sarcoma UK — Charity Ambassador
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign Malaria No More UK — Chair of Board of Trustees
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign — Chief Operating Officer for the production of a film for Ha…
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Rachel Maclean
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister of State for Housing and Planning at the Ministry of Housing Conservative Party — Director of Strategy
02 Jun 2025 Ministry of Housing, Com… Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign Transparency International UK — Advisory Council Member
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Jim Harra
Approved with conditions Senior Civil Servant
First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive Royal National Institute of Blind People — Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees
02 Jun 2025 HM Revenue and Customs Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign — Council of the Independent Scrutiny of Heathrow Airport
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Liz Sugg
Approved with conditions Special Adviser
Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary at the Foreign Alliance to End Malnutrition and Hunger — Co-Chair
02 Jun 2025 Commonwealth & Developme… Advice letter
Nick Gibb
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister for School Standards at the Department for Education Yondr Inc — Consultant
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Nick Gibb
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister for School Standards at the Department for Education — Member of the UNESCO Global Alliance on the Science of Lear…
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Nick Gibb
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister for School Standards at the Department for Education Education Development Trust — Consultant
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Stephen Oldfield
Approved with conditions Senior Civil Servant
Chief Commercial Officer and Director General of Commercial and Life Sciences a… Health Innovation Manchester — Non Executive Director
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Stephen Oldfield
Approved with conditions Senior Civil Servant
Chief Commercial Officer and Director General of Commercial and Life Sciences a… Portland Limited — Senior Advisor
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Stephen Oldfield
Approved with conditions Senior Civil Servant
Chief Commercial Officer and Director General of Commercial and Life Sciences a… The Think Ahead Organisation — Trustee
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Nick Gibb
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister for School Standards at the Department for Education Knowledge Schools Trust — Trustee
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Nick Gibb
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister for School Standards at the Department for Education David Ross Education Trust — Trustee
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Nick Gibb
Approved with conditions Minister
Minister for School Standards at the Department for Education — Civitas & David Ross Education Trust & Mayor of London's Ex…
21 May 2025 Advice letter
Ben Gascoigne
Approved with conditions Crown Servant
Government Whip Conservative Environment Network — Non-Executive Director
08 May 2025 Advice letter
Rupert Yorke
Approved with conditions Crown Servant
Deputy Chief of Staff Forward Global (United Kingdom) Ltd — Senior Director
07 May 2025 No.10 Advice letter
Aidan Corley
Approved with conditions Crown Servant
Head of Research and Messaging Cleo AI Ltd — Chief of Staff
30 Apr 2025 Special Adviser to the P… Advice letter
Chloe Smith
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for the Department of Science Royal National Institute for Deaf People — Trustee
23 Apr 2025 Department for Science, … Advice letter
Chloe Smith
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for the Department of Science CIPD — President
23 Apr 2025 Department for Science, … Advice letter
Chloe Smith
Approved with conditions Minister
Secretary of State for the Department of Science Silence Speaks — Chair
23 Apr 2025 Department for Science, … Advice letter