October 2023 to December 2023 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 Department for Education at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing), and which fall within the scope of the Business Appointment Rules.
October to December 2023
Full name of applicant: Emily Roche
Title of former Civil Service role: Strategy and Delivery Director
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: End October 2023
New employer: Newton Europe Consulting
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Partner from November 2023
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Approved subject to the following conditions:
- Emily should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of the new organisation) any privileged information available from her time in Crown service and will step back from detailed work in any new developing policy areas
- Emily should only advise on policy matters from her time in office that have already been determined and made available publicly
- For two years from her last day in Crown service, Emily should not become personally involved in lobbying the Department for Education, its arm’s length bodies or any previous department where she has worked on behalf of the new employers, nor should she make use of any existing contacts in the government (regardless of where they may now work in government) to influence policy, secure business or funding, or otherwise unfairly advantage her new employers
Full name of applicant: Guy Miscampbell
Title of former Civil Service role: Special Advisor to the Secretary of State
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 December 2023
New employer: Focaldata
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Head of Political and Social Research from 1 February 2024
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Approved subject to the following conditions:
- There must be a six-week waiting period between Guy leaving the department and taking up the proposed role
- Guy should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of himself or the organisation) any privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service
- Guy should only advise on policy matters from his time in office that have already been determined and made available publicly
- Any procurement with government should follow standard processes and not include any contacts made during his time in office
- For one year from his last day in Crown service, Guy should not be involved in any work or contracts relating to the Department for Education
- For two years from his last day in Crown service, Guy should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government or any of its arm’s length bodies on behalf of his new employers, nor should he make use of any contacts in the government or Crown service to influence policy, secure business or funding, or otherwise unfairly advantage his new employers