Summary of business appointments applications - Sir Tom Jeffery
Published 17 December 2015
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Sir Tom Jeffery left his role as Director General in the Department for Education in December 2014.
1. Board Member, National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI)
Sir Tom sought the Committee’s advice about a part-time, unpaid role with NDTI, an organisation that works in the fields of disability, mental health, ageing and children’s services.
When considering this application, the Committee noted that Sir Tom had been responsible for people who had contractual dealings with NDTI while in office. However, after seeking views from the Department for Education, the Committee took into account that, although the responsibility lay with his directorate, Sir Tom had played no part in the awarding of these contracts. They further noted the fact that his new role was unpaid.
The Prime Minister accepted the Committee’s recommendation that there was no reason why he should not take up this appointment, subject to the following conditions:
- He should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of himself or the organisation to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service; and
- For two years from his last day in Crown Service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of NDTI, their partners, subsidiaries, or clients.
The letter containing the final advice was sent in October 2015 and the appointment was taken up in December 2015.