Transparency data

July 2022 to September 2022 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.

July to September 2022

Full name of applicant: Colin Watson

Title of former Civil Service role: Assessment, Research and Development Deputy Director

Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 July 2022

Date of new appointment or employment: 1 August 2022

New employer and job title: Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) UK, Research Director

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): conditional appointment – for 2 years from Colin’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: Iain Mansfield

Title of former Civil Service role: Special Adviser

Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 5 July 2022

Date of new appointment or employment: 5 September 2022

New employer and job title: Policy Exchange, Director of Research

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved – no conditions

Full name of applicant: Matthew Atkinson

Title of former Civil Service role: Director of Provider Market Oversight

Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 August 2022

Date of new appointment or employment: 1 September 2022

New employer and job title: Matt Hamnett & Associates Ltd. (MH&A), Partner

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved – no conditions

Full name of applicant: Susan Baldwin

Title of former Civil Service role: Regional Schools Commissioner

Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 30 March 2022

Date of new appointment or employment: 1 September 2022

New employer and job title: Office of the Children’s Commissioner, Chair, Audit and Risk Committee

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): conditional appointment – for 2 years from Susan’s last day of Crown service, she can draw on her skills and experience gained from her time here, but must not, at any time, draw on any privileged information gained in office.