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DfT: business appointment rules advice – July to September 2023
Updated 21 March 2024
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July to September 2023
David Edwards
| Full name of applicant | David Edwards |
|---|---|
| Title of former Civil Service role | Deputy Director, Commercial Model Design |
| Date left the Civil Service | 24 July 2023 |
| New employer | BP Plc |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Business Developer, Hydrogen, July 2023 |
| Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | • 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 (DfT) (or any of its arms-length bodies) on behalf of BP, their clients, partners or subsidiaries, nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service 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 12 months 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 arm’s length bodies • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service you should not be directly involved in managing or overseeing contracts with, or having project control responsibility for, work with companies relating to DfT led activity, unless specifically requested and agreed by the DfT for specific activities only. You should also not work on client projects for the DfT for 2 years unless explicit approval has been sought and given by the department |