Defra: business appointment rules advice
This page summarises advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
Updates to this page
- From:
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Published:
- 19 February 2016
- Last updated:
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16 December 2025
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Added the period June 2025 to Sept 2025.
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Added the business appointment rules for April 2025 to June 2025.
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Added the business appointment rules for January to March 2025.
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Reported added covering October 2024 to December 2025.
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Added the business appointment rules for July to September 2024.
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Added the business appointment rules for April to June 2024.
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Added the business appointment rules for January to March 2024.
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Added 'Business appointment rules, October to December 2023'.
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Added 'Business appointment rules, July to September 2023'.
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Added the business appointment rules for January to June 2023.
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Added business appointment rules for periods July to September 2022 and October to December 2022.
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Added the business appointment rules for April to June 2022.
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Added the business appointment rules for January to March 2022.
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Updated to reflect that during the period October to December 2021, Defra did not issue any decision on any application submitted under the Business Appointment Rules.
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Updated to reflect that during the period June to September 2021, Defra did not issue any decision on any application submitted under the Business Appointment Rules.
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Updated to reflect that during the period April to June 2021, Defra did not issue any decision on any application submitted under the Business Appointment Rules.
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Added the business appointment rules for January to March 2021.
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Updated to reflect that between April - June 2020, Defra did not issue any decisions on applications submitted under the Business Appointment Rules.
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Added the July to September and October to December 2019 business appointment rules.
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Added the January to March 2020 business appointment rules.
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Added the October to December 2018 quarterly data.
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Added the July to September 2018 business appointment rules.
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April to June 2018 Business Appointment Rules summary data added.
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January to March 2018 Business Appointment Rules summary data added.
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Between October and December 2017, Defra did not issue any decisions on applications submitted under the Business Appointment Rules.
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Between July - September 2017, Defra did not issue any decisions on applications submitted under the Business Appointment Rules.
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Updated to reflect that Defra did not issue any decisions on applications submitted under the Business Appointment Rules between April to June 2017.
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Added the July to September 2016 report.
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Added information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of Defra between January and June 2016.
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This page provides information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
It covers former staff at senior civil service levels SCS1 and SCS2 and equivalents which fall within the scope of the business appointment rules. It also covers special advisers of equivalent level.
Earlier business appointment rules advice is available on the National Archives.