The Rt Hon. the Lord Johnson of Marylebone
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Johnson of Marylebone's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Johnson of Marylebone. His name is Jo Johnson, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
301
272 meetings ·
23 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
6 overseas trips
· 2014-01-01 → 2026-05-01
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 272
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | — | Q&A session post budget | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Business policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Business policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Social mobility discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Business policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Rural policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Business policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Rural policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Business issues policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Business policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Environmental policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Transport discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Europe discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Transport discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Political discussion | cabinet-office |
Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 23
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-24 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2017-10-19 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Reception | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Reception | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Private viewing of exhibition | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Reception launch of London Live | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Dinner and Accommodation | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Dinner | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Paris | Franco-British Colloque | — |
| — | Delhi, India | Trade & investment opportunities and policy discussions | — |
| — | Delhi and Mumbai, India | Official | — |
| — |
Paris
Eurostar
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Meeting with French Transport Minister, Elisabeth Borne, as well as representatives from Eurostar and SNCF, to discuss a wide range of rail issues | — |
| — |
Nil Return
Nil Return
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Nil Return | — |
| — | Brussels | Official meetings | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
31 Content(19.1%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
130 didn't vote(80.2%)
2026-01-05
Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
210–131
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, will the Minister alleviate some of the financial pressure on the post-1992 higher education institutions by allowing them flexibility to make their own arrangements while preserving the accrued rights of their existing staff?
2026-06-09
Further Education Colleges: Recovery of VAT
My Lords, although the funding gap has halved in the last 10 years, FE continues to play second fiddle to HE in many respects beyond this important VAT issue. Does the Minister agree with the Milburn review that colleges face a further disadvantage becau
My Lords, I echo the gratitude to the most reverend Primate for securing this important debate.
AI is a technology that changes how human beings relate to knowledge and authority and therefore to one another. For much of the modern era, authority has
2026-02-24
Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
My Lords, the lifelong learning entitlement was intended to usher in a skills revolution. But I fear that it will turn into a pea-shooter initiative unless the funding, the eligibility of which is restricted to level 4 and level 5 courses, is widened so
2026-01-08
Schools and Universities: Language Learning
My Lords, I declare an interest as a visiting professor at King’s College London and chairman of FutureLearn. As the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, set out in her introduction to this important debate, languages are a strategic asset for an outward-facin
2025-10-22
Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy
My Lords, I declare my interest as a visiting professor at King’s and chairman of FutureLearn. I welcome the Statement, particularly, like my noble friend Lord Willetts, the bold decision to index fees with inflation—it is absolutely the right thing to d
2025-10-21
Erasmus+
My Lords, I declare my interest as a visiting professor at King’s and chairman of FutureLearn. I strongly welcome the Government’s efforts to associate with Erasmus. EU student numbers in the UK have roughly halved over recent years and now face further
2025-09-19
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I was one of 118 Members of the other place who voted unsuccessfully in favour of the Assisted Dying (No.2) Bill a decade ago when it was thrown out by that House in September 2015. Notwithstanding many powerful speeches that I listened to las
2025-05-20
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, proposed new paragraph (c) in this amendment touches on the Bill’s purpose of removing barriers to opportunity. It raises my concern about the Bill in general that, as my noble friend Lord Young said in his excellent remarks, we are being encou
2025-03-03
Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
My Lords, I also have to declare an interest as a visiting professor at King’s. I have other education-related entries on the register, which I will not list here.
I welcome the Government’s decision to allow the increase of fees in line with inflatio
2024-12-18
Qualifications Reform Review
My Lords, like others on all sides of the House, I very much welcome the Government’s rapid work to lift much of the uncertainty over the defunding of applied general qualifications. It would be hugely beneficial if the Government went a little further a
2024-12-04
Higher Education Sector
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests on the register. I share the shock of my noble friend Lady Barran at the OfS’s decision to suspend applications to the register. This sends a terrible message to investors around the world and will deter institu
2024-11-26
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I add my support for Amendment 36 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. Like other amendments, it calls for—among other sensible things—a report, in this case on levels of investment in skills by employers.
If you have believed the
2024-11-21
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I shall speak briefly. I think that this amendment is worth very serious consideration. When I was Science Minister, I saw up close—as the whole country did during the pandemic—the value of the Chief Scientific Adviser and the network of scient
2024-11-21
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I want to speak to the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lady Barran, raising the issues that arise from the fact that Skills England, for all the hype, is to all intents and purposes the DfE. As others have mentioned, it will not have a sta
2024-11-14
Universities
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick of Undercliffe. I am delighted that she has secured this timely debate on the future of our higher education system. It is timely because the financial condition of the sector is
2024-10-08
Horizon Europe
My Lords, rejoining Horizon was a no-brainer. Will the Government reassess their position on Erasmus, a student mobility scheme that polls suggest has very wide public backing?
2024-09-12
Higher Education Funding
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, on securing this important debate. As ever, I find myself in very strong agreement with my noble friend Lord Willetts, who I note incidentally may not be the only candidate in this House for the role o
My Lords, I am delighted our report has been the source of so much agreement and near-consensus this morning. As the noble Lord, Lord Addington, observed, this was not a big surprise, given the weight of evidence that we had in front of us. It has been a
My Lords, it is a pleasure to introduce this debate on the report from the Education for 11-16 Year Olds Committee. At the outset, I declare my interests as on the register and say what a pleasure it has been chairing the committee. I particularly thank
That this House takes note of the Report from the Education for 11 to 16-year olds Committee Requires improvement: urgent change for 11–16 education (Session 2023–24, HL Paper 17).
2024-05-21
Universities: Financial Sustainability
My Lords, I declare my interest as a visiting professor at King’s and chairman of FutureLearn. If the Prime Minister goes ahead with curbs to the graduate visa, would my noble friend the Minister say how we will replace the £12 billion in economic benef
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg. I echo the points he just made about the creative industries and the need to measure properly value for money in that respect. I declare my interests as a visiting professor at King’s Co
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow such a powerful speech from the noble Lord, Lord Mann, and that from my noble friend Lord Willetts just now. I should declare an interest; I am on the council of the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology
2024-05-01
Higher Education: Arts and Humanities
My Lords, ahead of the local and mayoral elections tomorrow, would my noble friend the Minister say what the impact of slashing the graduate route will be on arts and humanities provision, as well as on the levelling- up agenda? I am thinking specifical
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Register of Interests · 12 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Director, Global Academic Holdings Ltd (international education group)
registered 2026-04-23
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Director (formerly adviser), Achieve International Education Group (High Achiever Programme for higher education institutions)
registered 2024-10-08 · amended 2026-04-20
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Chairman of the Board, FutureLearn (digital learning platform)
registered 2022-12-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member, Advisory Board, Halp (education technology company) (interest ceased 1 January 2026)
registered 2022-09-27 · amended 2026-04-23
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Non-executive Board Member and Chairman, International, ApplyBoard Inc (Canadian educational technology company) (interest ceased 31 July 2025)
registered 2020-10-26 · amended 2025-07-31
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Member of the Council, Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, and non-executive director, Dyson Technical Training Limited
registered 2020-10-26 · amended 2026-04-23
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Non-executive director, Project Alpha Topco Limited, Project Alpha Midco Limited and Project Alpha Bidco Limited (parent companies of Access Education Group (formerly Access Creative College), independent provider of specialist training, apprenticeships and further education; Access Education Group is a portfolio company of Apiary Capital)
registered 2020-10-26 · amended 2025-07-31
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Shearwater Global Ltd (strategic consultancy)
registered 2025-05-02
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ApplyBoard Inc (online platform for international study)
registered 2020-10-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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Project Alpha Topco Limited, Project Alpha Midco Limited and Project Alpha Bidco Limited (parent companies of Access Education Group (formerly Access Creative College), the independent provider of specialist training, apprenticeships and further education)
registered 2020-10-26 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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House in London Borough of Camden
registered 2025-05-06
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Share of a house in Somerset from which rental income is received
registered 2020-10-28 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2010-05-06 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2019-07-25 → 2019-09-05
Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Jointly with the Department for Education)
2018-01-09 → 2018-11-09
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
2018-01-09 → 2018-11-09
Minister of State (London)
2016-07-15 → 2018-01-09
Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education)
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-15
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Universities and Science)
2014-07-15 → 2015-05-08
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit)
2013-04-25 → 2014-07-15
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit)
2012-09-06 → 2014-07-15
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2010-07-12 → 2012-02-27
Public Accounts Committee
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-23
Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee
Chair
+£16,900/yr
2025-01-30 → 2025-11-04
Social Mobility Policy Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
admin@jo-johnson.com
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Website
APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Students
Subject Group
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Secretary | Independent Higher Education | 4 | 2027-02-16 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Further Education and Lifelong Learning
Subject Group
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Officer | Association of Colleges | 4 | 2026-05-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Future of Work
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Warwick Business School | 4 | 2027-02-28 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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Historic bills (all-time)
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