Transparency data

DfT: business appointment rules advice – October to December 2025

Updated 24 March 2026

Petra Wilkinson

                                                                       

Full name of applicant	Petra Wilkinson
Title of former Civil Service role	Director, Entry and Exit
Date left/retired from the Civil Service	31 May 2025
New employer	Trustee of the Seafarers Charity (unpaid)
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	15 October 2025
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	You should not draw upon (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 the Trustee of the Seafarers Charity, their 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.

Debbie Stockwell

                                                                       

Full name of applicant	Debbie Stockwell
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director of Low Carbon Fuels
Date left/retired from the Civil Service	30 May 2025
New employer	Renewable Energy Association
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	10 November 2025
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 (or any of its Arms-Length Bodies) on behalf of Renewable Energy Association (REA), their 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.

Patrick Bateson

                                                                       

Full name of applicant	Patrick Bateson
Title of former Civil Service role	Programme Director
Date left/retired from the Civil Service	30 May 2025
New employer	Concerto UK
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	7 November 2025
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 (or any of its Arms-Length Bodies) on behalf of Concerto UK, their 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.

Charlotte Luks

                                                                       

Full name of applicant	Charlotte Luks
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, National Security Division
Date left/retired from the Civil Service	30 November 2025
New employer	Blacklake Europe
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	1 December 2025
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 or Ministry of Defence (or any of the associated Arms-Length Bodies from either department) on behalf of Blacklake Europe, their 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, MOD or their Arms-Length Bodies.