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DfT: business appointment rules advice, 2020
Updated 7 May 2021
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Summarises advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
October to December 2020
Neil Tweedie
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Neil Tweedie |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Special Advisor |
| Date left the Civil Service | 7 September 2020 |
| New employer | n/a |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Freelance journalist (immediately) |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | One-year restriction on lobbying government from last day of Crown Service. |
July to September 2020
Emma Barr
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Emma Barr |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Special Advisor |
| Date left the Civil Service | 29 September 2020 |
| New employer | Grayling |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Associate Director (19 October 2020) |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | One-year restriction on lobbying government from last day of Crown Service. |
Richard Parkes
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Richard Parkes |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Director of HM Coastguard, Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Date left the Civil Service | 31 March 2020 |
| New employer | Bristow Helicopters Group Ltd |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Non-executive Director (September 2020) |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Two-year restriction on lobbying government from last day of Crown Service. |
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Richard Parkes |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Director of HM Coastguard, Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Date left the Civil Service | 31 March 2020 |
| New employer | Agile Spray Response Ltd |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Non-executive Chairman (July 2020) |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Two-year restriction on lobbying government from last day of Crown Service. |
April to June 2020
Sir Alan Massey
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Sir Alan Massey |
| Title of former Civil Service role | CEO, Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Date left the Civil Service | 31 October 2018 |
| New employer | Search & Rescue International Ltd |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Associate Consultant (20 May 2020) |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Two-year restriction on lobbying government from last day of Crown Service |
January to March 2020
Simon Jones
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Simon Jones |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Special Adviser |
| Date left the Civil Service | 19 September 2019 |
| New employer | Headland Communications |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | 27 January 2020 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | One-year restriction on lobbying government from last day of Crown Service |
Brian Etheridge
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Brian Etheridge |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Director, Network Services |
| Date left the Civil Service | 21 January 2019 |
| New employer | Network Rail |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | 24 February 2020 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Two-year restriction on lobbying government from last day of Crown Service |
Kate Jennings
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Kate Jennings |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Deputy Director, Rail Strategy Projects |
| Date left the Civil Service | 29 February 2020 |
| New employer | Railway Industry Association |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | 2 March 2020 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Given Kate’s role and knowledge of sensitive issues in rail, we put in place the following constraints: 1) for Kate to work her three-month notice in a non-rail role 2) following Kate’s take-up of her new role at Railway Industry Association, she is constrained from public or media appearances that involve, or could be perceived to be involve, campaigning to influence government for a six-month period 3) to agree in advance any meetings with government officials with Director of Rail Strategy and Analysis (Dan Moore) for a six-month period 4) a prohibition of one year upon Kate’s involvement in lobbying government |