October 2022 to December 2022 business appointment rules
Updated 29 August 2024
Applies to England
Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the Department for Education at senior civil servant (SCS) band 1 and SCS band 2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing), and which fall within the scope of the business appointment rules.
October to December 2022
Full name of applicant: Mark Lehain
Title of former Civil Service role: Special Adviser
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 6 September 2022
Date of new appointment or employment: 3 October 2022
New employer and job title: Centre for Policy Studies, Head of Education
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Conditional appointment – for 2 years from Mark’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.
Full name of applicant: Jack Collier
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director for Digital Delivery
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 2 October 2022
Date of new appointment or employment: 3 October 2022
New employer and job title: Transform, Associate Director
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Conditional appointment – for 2 years from Jack’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.
Full name of applicant: Keith Smith
Title of former Civil Service role: Strategy Director
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 16 October 2022
Date of new appointment or employment: 17 October 2022
New employer and job title: Uxbridge and Harrow College, CEO
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Approved with no conditions.