January 2022 to March 2022 business appointment rules
Updated 1 October 2026
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 2022
Full name of applicant: Gareth Conyard
Title of former Civil Service role: Early Years Workforce Division Deputy Director
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 30 January 2022
Date of new appointment or employment: February 2022
New employer and job title: Teacher Development Trust, Director of Education
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): conditional approval – Gareth must not draw on any privileged information gained in office for one year from his last day of Crown Service.