DfT: business appointment rules advice, 2021
Updated 31 March 2022
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Summarises advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
October to December 2021
Lee Mowle
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Lee Mowle |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Deputy Director, Euston Delivery |
| Date left the Civil Service | 29th October 2021 |
| New employer | CVLM Ltd |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Director - 8th November 2021 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | • A prohibition of 2 years, following your last day of paid Civil Service employment upon your involvement in lobbying the government on behalf of your new employer. • If you wish to provide consultancy services in relation to COVID-19 planning before 30 June 2022 (i.e. two years from your Covid-19 role), you should seek approval from DfT (Department for Transport) • If you wish to provide consultancy services in relation to High Speed 2 or Euston Station before 29 October 2023 (2 years from your HS2 and Euston role), you should seek approval from DfT • If you wish to represent or lobby on behalf of a client with DfT before 29 October 2023 (2 years from your last paid day in service), you should seek approval from DfT • If you wish to provide consultancy services directly to DfT, HS2 Ltd, Network Rail or other bodies that you have worked with closely during the past 3 years before 29 October 2023 (2 years from your last paid day in service), you should seek approval from DfT |
July to September 2021
DfT did not issue any decision on any application submitted under the business appointment rules for the period July to September 2021.
April to June 2021
Daniel Thomas
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Daniel Thomas |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Temporary Joint Head of COVID-19 Resilience Policy Division |
| Date left the Civil Service | 21 May 2021 |
| New employer | KPMG |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Economic consultant/advisor |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Unable to consult on projects or contribute to commercial bids involving the Department for Transport or its arm’s length bodies for the first 6 months in role. A one-year standard lobbying clause is included. |
January to March 2021
Michael Fox
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Michael Fox |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Deputy Director, Corporate Finance |
| Date left the Civil Service | 1 February 2021 |
| New employer | Eversholt Rail Limited |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Head of Commercial Finance (21 February 2021) |
| 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. |