§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if Lieutenant Commander Chris Parke of the Royal Navy pensions and payroll department, HMS Centurion, Portsmouth, sought permission from the civilian management and conditions of service division within his Department to permit him to join the data supply company Informix;
(2) on which date Lieutenant Commander Chris Parke, of the Royal Navy pensions and pay roll department, HMS Centurion, Portsmouth (a) ceases to be in the employ of the Royal Navy (b) ceases to be in the employ of his Department and (c) commences employment with the data supply company Informix.
§ Mr. SoamesLieutenant Commander Christopher Parke RN will cease to be employed by the Royal Navy on 26 February. Between 9 and 29 January he worked, unpaid, with Informix under normal resettlement arrangements. From 30 January, he was on terminal leave and entitled to take up full-time employment, and I understand that he has worked full-time for Informix since that date. Service instructions require Lieutenant Commander Parke to seek permission to take up employment with Informix and this has now been sought retrospectively. I cannot speculate on the likely outcome of his application.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the role of Lieutenant Commander886W Chris Parke, of the Royal Navy pensions and pay roll department, HMS Centurion, Portsmouth, in the awarding of contracts on behalf of the Royal Navy to the data supply company Informix.
§ Mr. SoamesLieutenant Commander Christopher Parke RN provided technical and administrative support to those responsible for the decision to award a contract for a relational database management system to Informix in April 1994.