DfT: business appointment rules advice, 2017
Updated 23 March 2018
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Summarises advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
October to December 2017
Martin Capstick
| Applicants details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Martin Capstick |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Director of Regional Transport Strategies at Department for Transport |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 5 December 2017 |
| New employer | North London Waste Authority |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Managing Director of the North London Waste Authority from 6 December 2017 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | After consideration of Martin’s Business Appointment Rules application the department are content that no formal restrictions need to be put in place, other than continued obligations in respect to his time in DfT and under the Official Secrets Act |
Michael Hurn
| Applicants details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Michael Hurn |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Director High Speed Rail |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 13 January 2018 |
| New employer | Nichol |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Management Consultant from 29 January 2018 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Following consideration of the business appointment rules application Michael was advised on 22 November 2017 that a prohibition of 2 years on involvement in lobbying government on behalf of Nichols has been proposed. For the same period any involvement in any Nichols bid or activity that relates to the Department for Transport, or departmental arm’s length bodies, should be made clear to the department when bidding, or when involvement commences, whichever occurs first. Continued obligations in respect to Michael’s time in DfT and under the Official Secrets Act are to be observed |
July to September 2017
John Dowie, secondee to First Group PLC as Director of Local Strategies, UK Bus Division resigned from the Civil Service on 29 September 2017. John had previously held the posts of Director, Special Project, Driving cost-effective delivery of infrastructure investment and Acting Director General, Roads Devolution and Motoring at the Department for Transport.
John took up the permanent post as Director of Local Strategies, UK Bus Division with First Group PLC on 2 October 2017.
A prohibition of 2 years on involvement in lobbying government on behalf of First Group PLC has been proposed, with the first year of restriction to include the secondment period, (during which similar conditions were already in place). Restrictions will therefore be lifted on 25 October 2018.
April to June 2017
The Department for Transport had no business appointment rules applications for publishing for the period April to June 2017.
January to March 2017
The Department for Transport had no business appointment rules applications for publishing for the period January to March 2017.