Transparency data

January 2023 to March 2023 business appointment rules

Updated 21 March 2024

Applies to England

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 2023

Full name of applicant: Simon Parker

Title of former Civil Service role: Director of Transformation and Policy Capability

Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 10 March 2023

Date of new appointment or employment: Cambridgeshire County Council

New employer and job title: Service Director - Policy and Communities

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with no conditions

Full name of applicant: Julia Yong

Title of former Civil Service role: Head of Project Delivery and Performance

Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 30 March 2023

Date of new appointment or employment: Coram / Everything ICT

New employer and job title: Consultant – Freelance Advisor (Coram) / Head of Education Customer Services (Everything ICT)

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): conditional appointment – for 2 years from Julia’s last day of Crown service, she can draw on her skills and experience gained from her time here, but must not, at any time, draw on any privileged information gained in office.