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Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice

This page summarises advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 19 February 2016
• Last updated: 24 September 2026
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  1. 24 September 2026

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2026

  2. 25 June 2026

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2026

  3. 24 March 2026

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2025

  4. 16 December 2025

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2025

  5. 25 September 2025

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2025

  6. 26 June 2025

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2025

  7. 27 March 2025

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2024

  8. 30 January 2025

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2024

  9. 29 August 2024

     Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2024

  10. 21 March 2024

      Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2023

  11. 14 December 2023

      Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2023

  12. 19 October 2023

      Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2023

  13. 21 September 2023

      Added a missing link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2022

  14. 20 July 2023

      Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2023

  15. 5 April 2023

      Updated to include a link to the following page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2022

  16. 15 December 2022

      Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2022

  17. 9 December 2022

      Added link to page: Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2022

  18. 31 March 2022

      Added data for October to December 2021.

  19. 27 January 2022

      Added data for July to September 2021.

  20. 16 July 2021

      Addition of Jan-Mar 2021 data

  21. 7 May 2021

      Addition of 'Transparency information about outside appointments and employment take up by former members of the Cabinet Office, October to December 2020'.

  22. 4 February 2021

      Updated to include July to September 2020 information.

  23. 29 October 2020

      Addition of document 'Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: April to June 2020'.

  24. 27 August 2020

      Transparency data added for January to March 2020.

  25. 23 January 2020

      Addition of July to September 2019 transparency information

  26. 11 October 2019

      Data for April to June 2019 added.

  27. 21 June 2019

      Data for January to March 2019 added.

  28. 22 March 2019

      Added October to December 2018 statement.

  29. 19 December 2018

      Added July-Sept 2018 data.

  30. 28 June 2018

      January to March 2018 data added.

  31. 23 March 2018

      October to December 2017 data added.

  32. 14 December 2017

      Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: July to September 2017

  33. 13 October 2017

      Updated with April to June approvals.

  34. 4 July 2017

      Updated to include January to March 2017 information.

  35. 30 March 2017

      Added October - December 2016 data.

  36. 16 December 2016

      Added July to September 2016 data.

  37. 9 November 2016

      Added December - July 2016 data.

  38. 19 February 2016

      First published.

Documents

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2026

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-april-to-june-2026

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2026

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-january-to-march-2026

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-october-to-december-2025

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-july-to-september-2025

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-april-to-june-2025

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-january-to-march-2025

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-october-to-december-2024

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-july-to-september-2024

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-january-to-march-2024

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-october-to-december-2023

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-july-to-september-2023

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-april-to-june-2023

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-january-to-march-2023

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-october-to-december-2022

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-july-to-september-2022

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-april-to-june-2022

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-january-to-march-2022

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2021

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-october-to-december-2021

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2021

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-july-to-september-2021

Cabinet Office: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2021

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-business-appointment-rules-advice-april-to-june-2021

Transparency information about outside appointments and employment take up by former members of the Cabinet Office, January to March 2021

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment take up by former members of the Cabinet Office, October to December 2020

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment take up by former members of the Cabinet Office: July to September 2020

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: October to December 2019

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: July to September 2019

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: January to March 2019

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: October to December 2018

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: July to September 2018

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: January to March 2018

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: October to December 2017

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: July to September 2017

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: April to June 2017

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: January to March 2017

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: October to December 2016

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: July to September 2016

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: December 2015 to July 2016

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Transparency information about outside appointments and employment taken up by former members of the Cabinet Office: May to December 2015

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Details

This page provides information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of staff at the Cabinet Office. It covers former staff at senior civil service levels SCS1 and SCS2 and equivalents and which fall within the scope of the business appointment rules. It also covers special advisers of equivalent level.