§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport which former officials of the Department have asked for permission to join(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG. [156904]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Department for Transport formed on 29 May 2002. All information provided dates from 29 May 2002.
All civil servants are subject to the Business Appointment Rules, which set out the circumstances in which they must seek permission to accept outside appointments within two years of leaving the Civil Service. A copy of the Rules is available in the Libraries of the House. Information about appointments taken up by the most senior staff is published in the annual reports of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. The next annual report will be published shortly.
1077WAccording to Department for Transport records and records kept by the Cabinet Office, no former officials of the Department have asked for permission to join (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst and Young or (d) KPMG.