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DfT: business appointment rules advice – January to March 2026
Published 24 September 2026
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Peter Stephens
| Full name of applicant | Peter Stephens |
|---|---|
| Title of former Civil Service Role | Deputy Director, Bus Funding & Ticketing |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 28 November 2025 |
| New employer | Independent Consultancy Thokozani Ltd |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | 6 January 2026 |
| Department’s decision on 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 Thokozani Ltd, 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 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 arms-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. Additionally, you must not undertake any direct or indirect work for bus operators in England outside London. This would not restrict working with local transport authorities |
Crispin Orr
| Full name of applicant | Crispin Orr |
|---|---|
| Title of former Civil Service Role | Chief Inspector of Air Accidents |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 16 January 2026 |
| New employer | Civil Aviation Authority |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | 19 January 2026 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Unconditional approval |
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 | National Parks England |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | 26 February 2026 |
| Department’s decision on 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 National Parks England, 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 |
Philip Andrews
| Full name of applicant | Philip Andrews |
|---|---|
| Title of former Civil Service Role | Deputy Director of Roads Investment, Pipeline and Policy Division |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 30 May 2025 |
| New employer | England’s Economic Heartland (EEH) |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | 27 March 2026 |
| Department’s decision on 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 Englands Economic Heartland, 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 |