January to March 2016 business appointment rules
Updated 28 November 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.
January to March 2016
Full name of applicant: Paul Smith
Title of former Civil Service role: Regional Schools Commissioner
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 December 2015
Date of new appointment or employment: 1 January 2016
New employer and job title: Future Academies Trust, Chief Executive Officer of the Multi Academy Trust
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): Paul is an experienced and successful professional school leader. Paul has returned to school leadership after a short stint in the Civil Service. The application was approved with the exception that Paul cannot be personally involved in lobbying DfE on behalf of his new employer for a period of 6 months.