Departmental Conflict of Interests

Chris Huhne
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) departmental officials and (b) officers of the armed services notified his Department that they intended to work for (i) British Aerospace, (ii) British Airways, (iii) BP, (iv) Shell, (v) Rolls Royce, (vi) HSBC, (vii) Standard Chartered, (viii) RBS, (ix) HBOS, (x) Barclays and (xi) another company on leaving their post in each of the last five years.

Derek Twigg
Applications to take up appointments with the named companies received in each of the years in question are set out in the table. Further information relating to other companies could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The figures provided relate specifically to those personnel who are required to notify the MOD of their intention to work for a specific company in accordance with departmental policy (The Business Appointment Rules).

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|    |Category|BAe  |BA|BP|Shell|Rolls Royce|HSBC|Standard Chartered|RBS|HBOS|Barclays|
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|2003|Service |10   |— |— |—    |&lt;5      |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2003|Civilian|&lt;5|— |— |—    |—          |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2004|Service |5    |— |— |&lt;5|&lt;5      |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2004|Civilian|&lt;5|— |— |—    |&lt;5      |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2005|Service |10   |— |— |—    |           |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2005|Civilian|5    |— |— |—    |&lt;5      |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2006|Service |15   |— |— |—    |&lt;5      |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2006|Civilian|10   |— |— |—    |&lt;5      |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2007|Service |15   |— |— |&lt;5|5          |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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|2007|Civilian|10   |— |— |—    |&lt;5      |—   |—                 |—  |—   |—       |
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In each of the last five years the Department received no formal notifications of intention to join any of the following companies; British Airways, BP, HSBC, Standard Chartered, RBS, HBOS or Barclays. All figures have been rounded to the nearest five to prevent unintended disclosure of personal information.