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Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Lord Boateng

The Rt Hon. the Lord Boateng

Labour Life peer M
Lord Boateng's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Boateng. His name is Paul Yaw Boateng, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

1997-05-012005-05-05
Brent South
1987-06-111997-05-01
Brent South

Party history

1987-06-11present
Labour current

Government posts

2002-05-292005-05-06
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2001-06-112002-05-29
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
1998-10-282001-06-07
Minister of State (Home Office)
1997-05-061998-10-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)

Opposition posts

1992-01-011997-01-01
Shadow Minister (Lord Chancellor's Department)
1989-01-011992-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)

Committee memberships

2001-07-162002-06-24
Public Accounts Committee
2011-09-052012-03-12
Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
2025-01-30present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2015-12-032017-04-27
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2014-06-122015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2021-01-282024-01-31
International Relations and Defence Committee
2024-01-31present
International Agreements Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
boatengp@parliament.uk
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 9 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ghana
Country, Area or Region Group
Officer 4 2027-07-05
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment
Subject Group
Vice Chair 15 2024-01-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Black Health
Subject Group
Officer Caribbean & African Health Network 4 2026-05-22
All-Party Parliamentary Group on St Kitts and Nevis
Country Group
Vice Chair 4 2025-05-17
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty
Subject Group
Vice Chair ODI 8 2024-05-28
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 1 of 1 tabled 1 answered(100.0%) 1 departments
2026-03-19
Department of Health and Social Care
Supported Housing: Autism
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking MP has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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