Transparency data

HM Treasury business appointment rules advice July to September 2021

Published 27 January 2022

Pro forma for transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the department at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents including special advisors of equivalent standing

  • Transparency about the advice given on individual applications under the Business Appointment Rules helps to ensure the maintenance of a high level of compliance.

  • The Rules require departments to publish on their websites summary information about the advice they give to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents, including special advisers of equivalent standing.

  • This follows the approach adopted by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments which publishes information on the advice it gives on applications from SCS3 level and above and equivalents, including special advisers of equivalent standing – see here

Published information should include the following details:

  • Full name of the applicant, and title of their former Civil Service role

  • Date applicant left/retired from the Civil Service

  • The applicant’s new employment or appointment, including when taken up

  • Summary of the department’s decision on the applicant’s application, including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied

Departments may wish to use the pro forma overleaf for this purpose.

It is important that departments do not publish any information until the applicant has taken up the appointment or employment, or it has been publicly announced.

No information should be published where the applicant does not take up a proposed appointment or employment.

Applicants should be informed about publication and be given the opportunity to check the text before it goes live on the website.

Pro forma for transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the department at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing)

Full Name of Applicant Christopher Sharrock
Title of Former Civil Service Role Deputy Director, HM Treasury
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service 30 September 2021
New Employer Microsoft
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up) Senior Director, UN Affairs Team, Senior Director, UN Affairs Team
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) Approved, Chris must not lobby HM Treasury or FCDO for a period of six months following his last day of service. Chris must not draw on any privileged information which was available to him as a Crown servant to further his private interests or the interests of others. In addition, Chris must inform the Permanent Secretary’s office if he wishes to undertake any new appointments (whether paid or unpaid) during a period of two years following his last day of service, and we will advise him on whether a further BARs application is required. He must do this before accepting any new offer of employment or appointment.