Transparency data

HMRC's business appointment rules advice, July to September 2022

Published 15 December 2022

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	Samuel Gibb-Cohen
Title of former civil service role	Assistant Director
Date left the civil service	24 August 2022
New employer	Ernst & Young LLP
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Director, Tax Controversy & Management, 5 September 2022

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)

HMRC approved this application with the following conditions: The Application has been approved with the condition that you should: not undertake any activity (including HMRC meetings) where it relates to any matters where you had prior involvement with a company (within the last 6 years); not provide advice in your new role that draws on the knowledge and understanding gained from your participation in internal HMRC work such as R&D and Patent Box that is still under development and/or not yet in the public domain; not undertake any activity where it relates to any matters where you have been in receipt of sensitive intelligence in your capacity as Financial Sector Fraud Lead; not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers (you may, however, take part in public consultations on the same basis as anyone else); maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005

Full name of applicant	Harjinder Dool
Title of former civil service role	Deputy Finance Director
Date left the civil service	23 September 2022
New employer	New College Telford
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Vice Principal - Finance and Resources, 26 September 2022
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	HMRC approved this application with the following conditions: The Application has been approved with the condition that you must: maintain the confidentiality he signed and agreed to on his appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; not approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place

Full name of applicant	Michael Measures
Title of former civil service role	Technical Director
Date left the civil service	31 July 2022
New employer	Answer Digital Limited
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Director of Technology, 5 September 2022
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	HMRC approved this application with the following conditions: The Application has been approved with the condition that you must: not have any professional contact with DHSC; not draw on any privileged information gained in office; not work or advise on any bids to secure funding or contracts with DHSC; not become involved in, nor use your internal network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers (you may, however, take part in public consultations on the same basis as anyone else); maintain the confidentiality he signed and agreed to on his appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; not approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place