DHSC: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2025
Published 24 March 2026
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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 Senior Civil Service (SCS) levels SCS1 and SCS2 and equivalents. This includes special advisers of equivalent standing.
Peter Howitt
Full name of applicant: Peter Howitt
Title of former Civil Service role: Director of PPE Policy and Strategy
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 28 November 2025
New employer: Imperial College London
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Managing Director, Centre for Health Policy, Institute of Global Health Innovation, 4 December 2025
Department’s decision on application
Confirmed subject to the following reminder: should not use or disclose privileged information gained from time in government.