DHSC: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2021
Published 13 June 2022
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Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing).
Jason Holt
Full name of applicant: Jason Holt
Title of former Civil Service role: Director of Testing
Date left the Civil Service: 15 January 2021
New employer: Hughes Healthcare and Biotech – Hughes Group
New appointment (including when taken up): Chairman, October 2021
Department’s decision on application: approved with a reminder that you may not use any privileged information gained during your time at the department for the benefit of your new employer.
In other circumstances and balancing the seniority and nature of the role with your short length of service, the department would also have placed restrictions on any lobbying of the UK government on behalf of the new employer and on involvement in any DHSC, NHS Test and Trace or UK Health Security Agency bids for 3 months.
However, as more than 3 months had passed since the application was submitted, the department was content not to place any further restrictions on the appointment.