tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments Advisory Committee on Business Appointments - Activity on °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï HM Government 2025-10-12T16:52:12Z /government/publications/acobas-evidence-to-pacac-on-propriety-ethics-and-the-wider-standards-landscape-in-the-uk#2025-10-12T16:52:12Z 2025-10-12T16:52:12Z Correspondence: ACOBA's evidence to PACAC on Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK A statement of evidence from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), in response to the call for evidence in PACAC’s inquiry: ‘Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK’. /government/publications/harrison-sarah-chief-operating-officer-the-cabinet-office-acoba-advice#2025-10-12T16:51:35Z 2025-10-12T16:51:35Z Decision: Harrison, Sarah - Chief Operating Officer, the Cabinet Office - ACOBA advice Advice to Sarah Harrison, Chief Operating Officer at the Cabinet Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service. /government/publications/kelly-bernadette-permanent-secretary-department-for-transport-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T16:24:29Z 2025-10-10T16:24:29Z Decision: Kelly, Bernadette - Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport - ACOBA advice Advice to Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, former Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/news/closure-of-the-independent-advisory-committee-on-business-appointments-acoba#2025-10-10T16:22:57Z 2025-10-10T16:22:57Z ACOBA’s closure: the new process and contact details for applications under the Business Appointments Rules as of Monday 13 October 2025 ACOBA is no longer in operation. Applications for ministers should be sent to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards. Applications for Crown servants should be sent to the Civil service Commission. If your case is yet to be finalised, the successor body will be in touch. /government/publications/merriman-huw-minister-of-state-the-department-for-transport-acoba-correspondence#2025-10-10T16:15:30Z 2025-10-10T16:15:30Z Decision: Merriman, Huw - Minister of State, Department for Transport - ACOBA advice and correspondence Advice to and correspondence with Huw Merriman, former Minister of State, Department for Transport, on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/publications/churchill-jo-minister-of-state-department-for-work-and-pensions-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T16:13:26Z 2025-10-10T16:13:26Z Decision: Churchill, Jo - Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions - ACOBA advice Advice to Jo Churchill, former Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/publications/pursglove-tom-minister-of-state-for-legal-migration-and-the-border-the-home-office-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T15:54:06Z 2025-10-10T15:54:06Z Decision: Pursglove, Tom - Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border, the Home Office - ACOBA advice Advice to Tom Pursglove, former Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border at the Home Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service. /government/publications/case-simon-cabinet-secretary-and-head-of-the-civil-service-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T15:44:23Z 2025-10-10T15:44:23Z Decision: Case, Simon - Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service - ACOBA advice Advice to Lord (Dr) Simon Case CVO, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/publications/shapps-grant-minister-of-state-department-for-international-development#2025-10-10T15:42:46Z 2025-10-10T15:42:46Z Decision: Shapps, Grant - Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence - ACOBA advice Advice to Rt Hon Grant Shapps, former Secretary of State for Defence, on business appointments after leaving Crown service. /government/publications/falconer-crawford-second-permanent-secretary-and-chief-trade-negotiation-adviser-at-the-department-for-business-and-trade-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T15:36:36Z 2025-10-10T15:36:36Z Decision: Falconer, Crawford - Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser at the Department for Business and Trade - ACOBA Advice Advice to Sir Crawford Falconer KCMG, former Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser at the Department of Business and Trade, on business appointments after leaving Crown service. /government/publications/trevelyan-anne-marie-minister-of-state-for-indo-pacific-the-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T15:34:10Z 2025-10-10T15:34:10Z Decision: Trevelyan, Anne-Marie - Minister of State for Indo-Pacific, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - ACOBA advice Advice to The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan, former Minister of State for Indo-Pacific at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service. /government/publications/berry-jonathan-parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-minister-for-artificial-intelligence-and-intellectual-property-at-the-department-for-scienc#2025-10-10T15:27:52Z 2025-10-10T15:27:52Z Decision: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice Advice to The Viscount Camrose, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/publications/ahmad-tariq-minister-of-state-for-the-middle-east-north-africa-south-asia-united-nations-and-the-commonwealth-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T15:26:36Z 2025-10-10T15:26:36Z Decision: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice Advice to Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon KCMG , former Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth, on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/publications/the-earl-of-minto-minister-of-state-at-the-ministry-of-defence-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T15:25:49Z 2025-10-10T15:25:49Z Decision: The Earl of Minto- Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence - ACOBA advice Advice to The Earl of Minto, former Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence and, prior to that, Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, on business appointments after leaving Crown service. /government/publications/monks-paul-chief-scientific-adviser-department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T15:15:43Z 2025-10-10T15:15:43Z Decision: Monks, Paul - Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - ACOBA advice Advice to Professor Paul Monks, former Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/publications/johnson-boris-secretary-of-state-foreign-and-commonwealth-office-acoba#2025-10-10T15:14:28Z 2025-10-10T15:14:28Z Decision: Johnson, Boris – Prime Minister - ACOBA advice Advice to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister, on business appointments after leaving Crown service. /government/publications/rowland-joanna-director-general-customer-services-group-director-general-uk-visas-and-immigration-and-director-general-his-majestys-passport#2025-10-10T14:40:51Z 2025-10-10T14:40:51Z Decision: Rowland, Joanna - Director General, Customer Services Group, Director General, UK Visas and Immigration, and Director General, His Majesty's Passport Office, Home Office - ACOBA advice Advice to Joanna Rowland, former Director General, Customer Services Group, Director General, UK Visas and Immigration, and Director General, His Majesty's Passport Office, Home Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/publications/heappey-james-minister-of-state-ministry-of-defence-acoba-correspondence#2025-10-10T14:35:28Z 2025-10-10T14:35:28Z Decision: Heappey, James- Minister of State, Ministry of Defence- ACOBA correspondence Correspondence with James Heappey, former Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, on business appointments after leaving Crown service /government/publications/yousaf-humza-first-minister-of-scotland-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T14:28:45Z 2025-10-10T14:28:45Z Decision: Yousaf, Humza - First Minister of Scotland - ACOBA advice Advice to the Rt Hon Humza Yousaf MSP, former First Minister of Scotland, on business appointments after leaving Scottish government. /government/publications/courts-robert-solicitor-general-at-the-attorney-generals-office-acoba-advice#2025-10-10T14:26:48Z 2025-10-10T14:26:48Z Decision: Courts, Robert - Solicitor General at the Attorney General's Office - ACOBA advice Advice to Robert Courts KC, former Solicitor General at the Attorney General's Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.