Transparency data

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