Transparency data

October 2022 to December 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.

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.