April 2017 to March 2018 business appointment rules
Updated 21 March 2024
Applies to England
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Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the Department for Education at senior civil servant (SCS) band 1 and SCS band 2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing), and which fall within the scope of the business appointment rules.
January to March 2018
Full name of applicant: Peter Lauener
Title of former Civil Service role: Chief Executive
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 26 November 2017
New employer and job title: Newcastle College Group, Non-executive
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): He should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of himself or the organisation to which this advice refers) privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service; and or 2 years from his last day in service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of Newcastle College Group or make use, directly or indirectly, of his contacts in government and Crown Service to influence policy or secure funding on their behalf.
Full name of applicant: Jane Wilson
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director ARDG North
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 May 2018
New employer and job title: Northern Education Trust, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): She cannot be personally involved in lobbying the DfE on behalf of her new employer for a period of 6 months from the last day of service.
Full name of applicant: Jonathan Lewis
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 6 February 2018
Date of new appointment or employment: 7 February 2018
New employer and job title: Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, Strategic Director of Education
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): He should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service; and for 6 months, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new employer and its clients.
October to December 2017
During the period October to December 2017, the Department for Education did not issue any decisions on applications submitted under the business appointment rules.
July to September 2017
Full name of applicant: Helene Reardon Bond
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 30 June 2017
Date of new appointment or employment: September 2017
New employer and job title: Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): She should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown Service; and for 12 months, she should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new employer and its clients.
April to June 2017
Full name of applicant: Suzanne (Suzy) Jenner
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 4 June 2017
Date of new appointment or employment: 5 June 2017
New employer and job title: Oxford Brookes University, Director of Marketing and Communications
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Approved with following restrictions: She should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown Service; and for 12 months, she should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new employer and its clients.