Transparency data

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

Published 25 September 2025

Full Name of Applicant	Bill Morgan
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Special Adviser
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	24th May 2024
New Employer	Newmarket Strategy
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Senior Partner (7th July 2025)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should not: - Become directly involved in lobbying the Government on behalf of Newmarket Strategy or its clients, or make use of their contacts in Government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business on behalf of Newmarket Strategies or its clients; - Work or advise on any bids to secure Government funding or contracts Newmarket Strategies or its clients. The applicant has also been reminded of their ongoing responsibilities to: - Ensure that they do not draw on privileged information available to them as a Crown Servant; and - Use official channels for any contact with Government.

Full Name of Applicant	Douglas McNeill
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Special Adviser
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	25th May 2024
New Employer	Macro Advisory Partners
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Senior Adviser (2nd June 2025)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should not: - Become directly involved in lobbying the Government on behalf of Macro Advisory Partners or its clients, or make use of their contacts in Government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business on behalf of Macro Advisory Partners or its clients; - Work or advise on any bids to secure Government funding or contracts for Macro Advisory Partners or its clients. The applicant has also been reminded of their ongoing responsibilities to: - Ensure that they do not draw on privileged information available to them as a Crown Servant; and - Use official channels for any contact with Government.

Full Name of Applicant	Gary Liddle
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Deputy Director Commercial – IT Infrastructure
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	23 June 2025
New Employer	Specialist Computer Centre (SCC)
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Central Government Relationship Director (June 2025)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should not: - Draw on, disclose or use for the benefit of Specialist Computer Centre (SCC), any privileged information available to them. - Become directly involved in lobbying HMRC/Cabinet Office on behalf of Specialist Computer Centre (SCC), or make use of contacts in Government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business or funding on behalf of Specialist Computer Centre (SCC). - Work on or advise on bids to secure any new HMRC/Cabinet Office funding or contracts. They may work on or advise on the subject matter of existing contracts that Specialist Computer Centre (SCC) may have with HMRC/Cabinet Office (or related matters), provided they do not draw on any privileged information or contacts from your time in office. - Between now and until such time that they leave the Civil Service, they should not work with Specialist Computer Centre (SCC) in any capacity.

Full Name of Applicant	James Bevan
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Special Adviser
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	9th May 2024
New Employer	Portland Communications
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Director (12th May 2025)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should not: - Become directly involved in lobbying the Government on behalf of Portland Communications or its clients, or make use of their contacts in Government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business on behalf of Portland Communications or its clients; - Work or advise on any bids to secure Government funding or contracts for Portland Communications or its clients. The applicant has also been reminded of their ongoing responsibilities to: - Ensure that they do not draw on privileged information available to them as a Crown Servant; and - Use official channels for any contact with Government.

Full Name of Applicant	Jean-Andre Prager
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Special Adviser
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	24th May 2024
New Employer	Flint Global
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Director (22nd May 2025)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should not: - Become directly involved in lobbying the Government on behalf of Flint Global or its clients, or make use of their contacts in Government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business on behalf of Flint Global or its clients; - Work or advise on any bids to secure Government funding or contracts for Flint Global or its clients. The applicant has also been reminded of their ongoing responsibilities to: - Ensure that they do not draw on privileged information available to them as a Crown Servant; and - Use official channels for any contact with Government.

Full Name of Applicant	John Bew
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Defence and Security Advisor to the Prime Minister (civil servant) between June and Sept 2024 (NB previously a Special Advisor)
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	23 September 2024
New Employer	Policy Exchange
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Consultant (June 2025)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should not: - Draw on, disclose or use for the benefit of Policy Exchange any privileged information available to them. - Become directly involved in lobbying the Government on behalf of Policy Exchange, or make use of contacts in Government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business or funding on behalf of Policy Exchange. In addition, for two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should only use official channels to contact Government, thus mitigating the risk of improper use of government contacts.

Full Name of Applicant	Richard Denny
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Infrastructure and Projects Authority: Major Project Lead - CCUS & Hydrogen
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	31st March 2025
New Employer	Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP)
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Managing Director (1st June 2025)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should not: - Draw on, disclose or use for the benefit of their prospective employer, themselves or the persons or clients they work with, any privileged information available to them from their time in the Civil Service. - Engage in communication with government (including Ministers, Special Advisers and officials) with a view to influencing a government decision or policy in relation to their own interests. It is acknowledged that in this case, the interests of Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) are by definition, materially aligned with Government and that some contact with government departments will be necessary, in order to deliver government policy/the project in question and to secure funding to support delivery of said policy/project. We do not consider this to meet the definition of lobbying in this context. - Work on or advise on bids to secure any new government funding or contracts. For the avoidance of doubt, the applicant may work on or advise on the subject matter of existing contracts that Net Zero North Sea Storage Ltd./Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) may have with the Government (or related matters), including the expansion or evolution of said contract/s, provided they do not draw on any privileged information from their time in office. In addition, any contact that the applicant does have with UK Government officials in relation to Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) should be through official channels only.

Full Name of Applicant	Tom D’Silva
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Special Adviser
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	25th May 2024
New Employer	The Farrant Group
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Associate Director (3rd June 2025)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For two years from their last paid day of service, the applicant should not: - Become directly involved in lobbying the Government on behalf of The Farrant Group or its clients, or make use of their contacts in Government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business on behalf of The Farrant Group or its clients; - Work or advise on any bids to secure Government funding or contracts for The Farrant Group or its clients. The applicant has also been reminded of their ongoing responsibilities to: - Ensure that they do not draw on privileged information available to them as a Crown Servant; and - Use official channels for any contact with Government.