§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many officials, on ceasing employment in his Department, have sought permission to take up244W employment, since May 1997, with (a) companies and (b) partnerships under the business appointment rules; and to what companies and partnerships they went. [128453]
§ Dr. HowellsBetween May 1997 and June 2000, a total of 195 applications have been made to take up external appointments. As applicants are not required to detail the status of the organisation they are proposing to join, it is not possible to break down applications by type of organisation.
Only senior Crown servants are required to notify that they have taken up appointment after their applications are approved. The following information details relevant appointments that have been taken up:
Appointment Approved Date post taken Oxford Inst. of Energy Research July 1997 August 1997 Cambridge Energy Research April 1997 May 1997 British Airways May 1997 May 1997 Eagle Star October 1997 October 1997 BAT Industries June 1998 September 1998 Covington & Burling June 1998 November 1998 Industrial Bank of Japan September 1998 November 1998 DNA Research Instruments May 1999 May 1999 Wragge & Co. January 2000 January 2000 Wastepack UK Ltd. February 2000 February 2000 Expocentric.com May 2000 May 2000 Tolman-Cunard May 2000 May 2000 Further information on appointments approved prior to May 1999 is published in the First and Second Reports of The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments that are available in the Library of the House. Details of appointments approved since May 1999 will be covered in the Third Report of the Advisory Committee.