Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
boatengp@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Hertfordshire West 1983 general election. MP (Labour) for Brent South 1987-2005
Parliamentary career
Opposition Frontbench Spokesman on:
Treasury and Economic Affairs 1989-92,
Lord Chancellor's Department 1992-97;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health 1997-98;
Home Office:
Minister of State (Minister for Criminal Policy) 1998-99,
Minister of State and Deputy Home Secretary 1999-2001;
Minister for Young People 2000-01;
HM Treasury 2001-05:
Financial Secretary 2001-02,
Chief Secretary 2002-05
Party groups
Member:
Labour Party NEC Human Rights sub-committee 1979-83,
Labour Party Joint Committee on Crime and Policing 1984-86
Select committees
Member: Public Accounts 2001-02
Councils, public bodies
Member Greater London Council 1981-86:
Chair, Police Committee 1981-86,
Vice-chair, Ethnic Minority Committee 1981-86;
Trustee, Museum of London 2009-;
Board of Governors, London School of Economics 2011
Political interests
Home affairs, housing, inner cities, overseas aid and development, environment, children and young people's policy
Countries of interest
Africa, Caribbean, Southern Africa, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Boateng, of Akyem in the Republic of Ghana and of Wembley in the London Borough of Brent 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Director, Akyem Law and Advisory Services Limited (company owned 100 per cent by Member and wife (see category 4(a)) which receives payments relating to legal, regulatory, political risk and business intelligence consultancy services provided by Member; personal clients at present: World Property SA)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Barrister and Legal Consultant
Interim Chair, Africa Intellectual Property Trust (paid a fee/honorarium for work done to establish this not-for-profit organisation/charity registered in the United States by Light Years Inc of Washington DC)
Occasional broadcaster and writer (various media organisations)
Member, Health Policy Advisory Board, Gilead Sciences Inc
Member, Advisory Board, 4G Africa AG
Chair, Advisory Board, Aventa Capital Partners
Member, Group Advisory Council, Aegis Group Holdings AG
Occasional Consultant on African Governance for MRL Public Sector Consultants Limited
4: Shareholdings (a)
Akyem Law and Advisory Services Limited (see category 1)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Ghana, 24-28 April 2012, with Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI Alliance) to launch a double child immunisation programme during World Immunisation Week; costs of travel and accommodation met by GAVI Alliance
Visit to Nigeria, 30 May - 1 June 2012, to attend inauguration of Lagos State House of Assembly as guest of Lagos State and MRL Public Sector Consultants; travel and accommodation costs met by hosts
Visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 4-7 December 2012, to attend Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation Partners Forum (GAVI Alliance) to chair Parliamentary Drafting Committee; cost of flights and accommodation met by GAVI Alliance
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Governor, London School of Economics
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Museum of London
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, International Youth (Duke of Edinburgh) Award
Governor, English Speaking Union
Member, Unified Board, Food for the Hungry
Trustee, The Planet Earth Institute (registered charity)