April 2020 to March 2021 business appointment rules
Updated 21 March 2024
Applies to England
© Crown copyright 2024
This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gov.uk.
Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.
This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-business-appointment-rules-advice/april-2020-to-march-2021-business-appointment-rules--2
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 2021
Full name of applicant: Sarah Lewis
Title of former Civil Service role: Director, Early Years, Childcare and Schools Strategy
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 December 2020
Date of new appointment or employment: 1 January 2021
New employer and job title: Chief Executive Officer, Langley Park Learning Trust
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Approved - given the information provided Sarah has not been in a decision-making role related to the Academy Trust, nor has she had access to any commercially sensitive information, both of which mean the Civil Service would not be brought into disrepute as a result of this appointment. The same goes for public perception.
October to December 2020
During the period October to December 2020, the Department for Education did not issue any decisions on applications submitted under the business appointment rules.
July to September 2020
During the period July to September 2020, the Department for Education did not issue any decisions on applications submitted under the business appointment rules.
April to June 2020
Full name of applicant: Julian Wood
Title of former Civil Service role: Director of Capital
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 30 March 2020
Date of new appointment or employment: 6 April 2020
New employer and job title: Wiltshire College and University Centre, Deputy Principal Corporate Resources
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Julian should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service; and for 6 months, become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new employer or its clients.
Lobbying in this context means that the former civil servant should not engage in communication with government, including minsters, special advisers and officials, with a view to influencing a government decision or policy in relation to their own interests, or the interests of the organisation by which they are employed, or to whom they are contracted.