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DHSC: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2024

Published 28 November 2024

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Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the department at Senior Civil Service (SCS) levels SCS1 and SCS2 and equivalents. This includes special advisers of equivalent standing.

Zoe Seagar

Full name of applicant: Zoe Seagar

Title of former civil service role: Deputy Director, Mental Health Strategy

Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 12 July 2024

New employer: Thalamos

New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Client Director, 15 July 2024

Department’s decision on application

Confirmed with the following restrictions applied:

  • no lobbying of DHSC or its executive agencies (UK Health Security Agency and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) for 12 months from the point the applicant leaves DHSC

  • no involvement in bids relating to DHSC or its executive agencies for 12 months from the point the applicant leaves DHSC

  • a reminder that privileged information gained during employment in government must not be used for the benefit of the new employer

Peter Wilson

Full name of applicant: Peter Wilson

Title of former civil service role: special adviser

Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 30 May 2024

New employer: PPW Consulting Limited

New appointment or employment (including when taken up): freelancer – continuation of work prior to DHSC employment

Department’s decision on application

Confirmed with the following restrictions applied:

  • no work on government contracts for a period of 12 months from leaving government

  • no lobbying government for 12 months from leaving government

  • a reminder that privileged information should not be used from the time of being in government to further interests outside government

  • before accepting further commissions and before extending or otherwise changing the nature of any commissions, further advice from the department is needed

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