§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines his Department provides regarding employees and recent ex-employees taking up positions with companies tendering for his Department's contracts. [19677]
§ Mr. HowardAll staff who are offered employment within two years of leaving Crown service—or outside normal working hours while still in the service—by organisations with which they have had official dealings must apply for approval under the business appointment rules. The rules are set out in standing guidance to staff and also in the civil service management code; they are part of all civil servants' conditions of service. Staff are reminded of the rules when they join the Department and on leaving the civil service.