§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the posts assumed by the 14 officials who have notified his Department that they have taken up appointments in the private sector. [129012]
§ Dr. MoonieThe information requested is as follows:
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Name Appointment Date taken up Field Marshal The Lord Inge GCB DL Consultant, British Aerospace January 1998 Non-executive Director, Greenley's July 1998 Consultant, Sedgwick Group November 1998 Consultant, Short Sir Moray Stewart KCB Brothers plc February 1998 Air Marshal Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE Consultant, Willis Coroon Hinton April 1998 Non-executive Director, Thomson (UK) Holdings January 1999 Air Chief Marshal Sir William Wratten GBE CB AFC Chief Military Adviser, Rolls Royce Military Aero Engines May 1998 Air Marshal Sir Roger Austin KCB AFC Fellow of Strategic Forum SERCO Defence June 1998 Professor Sir David Davies CBE Non-executive Director, ERA Technology October 1998 Member of the Strategy Board, British Aerospace Virtual University December 1999
Name Appointment Date taken up Sir Charles Masefield Vice-chairman, GEC December 1998 Air Marshal G Robertson CBE Military Adviser, British Aerospace plc March 1999 Group Head of Strategic Analysis, British Mr. M. J. V. Bell CB Aerospace plc April 1999 Non-executive Director, Admiral Sir Jock Slater, GCB LVO Vosper Thornycroft Holdings plc July 1999 Senior Military Advisor, Lockheed-Martin January 2000 Lieutenant General Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce KCB CBE Non-executive Director, Comax September 1999 Consultant, Surestock Air Marshal I. D. MacFadyen CB OBE Health Services (Unipart Group) November 1999 Group Managing Air Marshal Sir Colin Terry KBE CB Director, Inflite Engineering Service Ltd. November 1999 Admiral Sir John Brigstock KCB Chief Executive, St. Andrew's Hospital Trust April 2000 Information about applications approved by the Prime Minister under the rules on the acceptance of outside appointments by Crown servants is published in the annual reports of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to amend the rules that apply to senior officials from his Department joining private sector companies. [129014]
§ Dr. MoonieThe rules on the acceptance of outside appointments are set out in the Civil Service Management Code and apply to Crown servants in all Government Departments. The Defence Secretary has no plans to propose any changes to them.