April 2023 to June 2023 business appointment rules
Updated 28 November 2024
Applies to England
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Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of Department for Education at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing), and which fall within the scope of the Business Appointment Rules.
April to June 2023
Full name of applicant: Patrick Spencer
Title of former Civil Service role: Senior Policy Adviser
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 28 April 2023
New employer: The Jobs Foundation
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Director - 1 May 2023
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Conditional appointment – for 2 years from Patrick’s last day of Crown service, he can draw on his skills and experience gained from his time here, but must not, at any time, draw on any privileged information gained in office.
For 2 years from his last day in Crown service, Patrick should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government or any of its arm’s length bodies on behalf of The Jobs Foundation, nor should he make use, directly or indirectly, of his contacts in the government and or Crown service contacts to influence policy, secure business or funding or otherwise unfairly advantage the Foundation.
Full name of applicant: David Simister-Thomas OBE
Title of former Civil Service role: Senior Policy Advisor
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 30 April 2023
New employer: Mathematics Education for Social Mobility and Excellence (MESME)
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Chief Executive Officer - 1 May 2023
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Conditional appointment – for 2 years from David’s last day of Crown service, he can draw on his skills and experience gained from his time here, but must not, at any time, draw on any privileged information gained in office.
For 2 years from his last day in Crown service, David should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government or any of its arm’s length bodies, nor should he make use, directly or indirectly, of his contacts in the government and/or Crown service contacts to influence policy, secure business or funding or otherwise unfairly advantage MESME.
Full name of applicant: Tess Tinker
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director of Strategic communications and campaigns
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 23 May 2023
New employer: University of Arts London
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Director of Communications - 30 May 2023
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Approved with no conditions