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Coats, Matthew - Director General Government Business Services - ACOBA Correspondence

Correspondence to Matthew Coats, Director General Government Business Services, Cabinet Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service

• From: Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
• Published: 16 May 2022
• Last updated: 30 May 2022 — See all updates

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Correspondence from Lord True, Cabinet Office

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Correspondence from Lord True, Cabinet Office

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Response from the Chair of West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Letter from the Chair of ACOBA to Chair of the Board of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Letter from the Chair of ACOBA to Chair of the Board of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Letter reporting a breach of the Rules

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Correspondence from ACOBA to the Cabinet Office in respect of Mr Coates' application

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Correspondence from ACOBA to the Cabinet Office in respect of Mr Coates' application

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Matthew Coats CB will leave his role as Director General Government Business Services in July 2022.

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Mr Coats made an application for advice on joining the Trust as Chief Executive Officer, though the Trust announced the appointment before ACOBA had considered and provided its advice. ACOBA refused to provide advice as a result of this breach of the Rules. An accessible version of this letter can be found here.

ACOBA wrote to the Chair of West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust regarding this breach. An accessible version of the letter to the Trust can be found here. The Chair of the Trust responded to ACOBA.

ACOBA reported this breach to government - (An accessible version of the letter to government can be found here). Lord True responded on behalf of government. (An accessible version of Lord True’s letter can be found here).

Published 16 May 2022
Last updated 30 May 2022 + show all updates

1. 30 May 2022

   Correspondence from Lord True added

2. 16 May 2022

   First published.