DHSC: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2020
Published 20 May 2021
Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the Department of Health and Social Care at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing).
Richard Charles Sloggett
Full name of applicant: Richard Charles Sloggett
Title of former Civil Service role: Special Adviser
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 16 August 2019
New employer: Real Life Options
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Non-Executive Director/Trustee (21 October 2020)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Approved – no restrictions required for this appointment
Dr Emma Alice Ide Stanton
Full name of applicant: Dr Emma Alice Ide Stanton
Title of former Civil Service role: NHS Test and Trace, Director of Testing Supplies and Innovation
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 13 November 2020
New employer: Oxford Nanopore Technologies
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): VP Clinical (30 November 2020)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): The department was content to approve the application subject to the following conditions:
- restriction on any lobbying of UK government on behalf of the new employer for a period of 4 months
- Emma must not be involved with any bids relating to NHS Test and Trace for a period of 4 months
- privileged information gained during time at the department must not be used for the benefit of the new employer
- clearance relates solely to the above role. If the role is changed within Oxford Nanopore Technologies, it may be necessary for further permission to be sought