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DfT: business department rules advice - October to December 2022
Updated 19 October 2023
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October to December 2022
Andy Holdsworth
| Full name of applicant | Andy Holdsworth |
|---|---|
| Title of former Civil Service role | Head of Group Property, (SCSPB1) |
| Date left the Civil Service | 13 November 2022 |
| New employer | Self employed/consultancy services |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | 14 November 2022 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Approved on the conditions that: |
- you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service
- for one year from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the Department for Transport (DfT) (or any of its arms-length bodies) on behalf of your clients, partners or subsidiaries; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy
- for one year from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT or its arms-length bodies
- in addition, you must inform us if you wish to undertake any new appointments (whether paid or unpaid) during the year following your last day in Crown service, and we will advise you on whether a further business appointment rules (BARs) application is required. You must do this before accepting any new offer of employment or appointment
Ryan Hopkins
| Full name of applicant | Ryan Hopkins |
|---|---|
| Title of former Civil Service role | Special Adviser, Department for Transport |
| Date left the Civil Service | 6 September 2022 |
| New employer | FGS Global |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Director, 1 November 2022 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Approved on the conditions that: |
- you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service
- for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the Department for Transport (or any of its arms-length bodies) on behalf of your clients, partners or subsidiaries; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy
- for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT or its arms-length bodies
- in addition, you must inform us if you wish to undertake any new appointments (whether paid or unpaid) during the 2 years following your last day in Crown service, and we will advise you on whether a further BARs application is required. You must do this before accepting any new offer of employment or appointment