Recommendation 6

The Government should implement the CSPL’s recommendation to extend the scope of the Business Appointment Rules to prohibit employment in sectors where the applicant has had “significant and direct” responsibility for policy, regulation or the award of contracts rather than only with firms they have had a relationship with. Such a measure should be applied to Ministers as well as SpAds and Officials at SCS3 and SCS4 grades. Moreover, the implications of this should be made more prominent to prospective hires prior to commencement.