July 2022 to September 2022 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.
July to September 2022
Full name of applicant: Colin Watson
Title of former Civil Service role: Assessment, Research and Development Deputy Director
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 July 2022
Date of new appointment or employment: 1 August 2022
New employer and job title: Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) UK, Research Director
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): conditional appointment – for 2 years from Colin’s last day of Crown service, he can draw on his skills and experience gained from his time here, but must not, at any time, draw on any privileged information gained in office.
Full name of applicant: Iain Mansfield
Title of former Civil Service role: Special Adviser
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 5 July 2022
Date of new appointment or employment: 5 September 2022
New employer and job title: Policy Exchange, Director of Research
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved – no conditions
Full name of applicant: Matthew Atkinson
Title of former Civil Service role: Director of Provider Market Oversight
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 August 2022
Date of new appointment or employment: 1 September 2022
New employer and job title: Matt Hamnett & Associates Ltd. (MH&A), Partner
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved – no conditions
Full name of applicant: Susan Baldwin
Title of former Civil Service role: Regional Schools Commissioner
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 30 March 2022
Date of new appointment or employment: 1 September 2022
New employer and job title: Office of the Children’s Commissioner, Chair, Audit and Risk Committee
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): conditional appointment – for 2 years from Susan’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.