Business Appointment Rules Transparency Reports for Former Senior Civil Servants
Summary
The Attorney General's Office, Government Legal Department (GLD), and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) publish quarterly transparency data listing summaries of business appointment rules advice given to former Senior Civil Servants at SCS1 and SCS2 levels. The page provides links to quarterly reports from July 2021 through December 2025. Recipients of such advice must comply with business appointment rules when moving from Crown service to the private sector.
What changed
This transparency data page lists published summaries of business appointment rules advice provided to former senior civil servants from the Attorney General's Office, Government Legal Department, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. The page aggregates links to quarterly reports spanning Q2 2021 through Q4 2025, with the most recent update on 13 April 2026. The business appointment rules restrict former civil servants from accepting certain commercial appointments within a cooling-off period after leaving Crown service.
Affected parties include former senior civil servants at SCS1 and SCS2 levels and equivalents from these departments who must seek advice before taking commercial roles. The transparency reports allow public scrutiny of post-government employment decisions without imposing new compliance obligations on current regulated entities.
What to do next
- Monitor for quarterly updates to the transparency data listing
Archived snapshot
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Transparency data
AGO, GLD and HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules
Summary of advice given under business appointment rules to former members of AGO, GLD or HMCPSI at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents.
From: Attorney General's Office, Government Legal Department and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Published 7 September 2017 Last updated 13 April 2026
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Documents
GLD: Business Appointment Rules: October to December 2025
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: July to September 2025
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2025
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: October to December 2024
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: July to September 2024
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2024
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2024
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: October to December 2023
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: July to September 2023
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2023
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2023
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: October 2022 to December 2022
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: July 2022 to September 2022
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: April 2022 to June 2022
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: January 2022 to March 2022
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: October 2021 to December 2021
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: July 2021 to September 2021
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules: April 2021 to June 2021
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules, January 2021 to March 2021
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GLD: Business Appointment Rules, October 2016 to December 2020
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: October to December 2024
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: July to September 2024
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2024
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2024
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: October to December 2023
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: July to September 2023
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2023
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2023
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: October 2022 to December 2022
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: July 2022 to September 2022
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: April 2022 to June 2022
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: January 2022 to March 2022
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: October 2021 to December 2021
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: July 2021 to September 2021
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: April 2021 to June 2021
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules: January 2021 to March 2021
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AGO: Business Appointment Rules, October 2016 to December 2020
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: October to December 2024
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: July to September 2024
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2024
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2024
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: October to December 2023
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: July to September 2023
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2023
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2023
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: October 2022 to December 2022
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: July 2022 to September 2022
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: April 2022 to June 2022
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: January 2022 to March 2022
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: October 2021 to December 2021
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: July 2021 to September 2021
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2021
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: January 2021 to March 2021
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HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules, October 2016 to December 2020
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Details
Summary of advice given under business appointment rules to former members of AGO, GLD or HMCPSI at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents.
Updates to this page
Published 7 September 2017 Last updated 13 April 2026 show all updates
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13 April 2026
Updated for the period October to December 2025.
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19 February 2026
Updated for the period January to March 2025.
3.
27 June 2025
Updated information for period of January to March 2025.
4.
27 March 2025
Transparency data for GLD, AGO and HMCPSI for the period October - December 2024 has been added
5.
14 February 2025
Transparency data added for GLD, AGO and HMCPSI covering the period April to June 2024.
6.
31 January 2025
Transparency data added for GLD, AGO and HMCPSI covering the period July – September 2024.
7.
29 November 2024
GLD, AGO and HMCPSI transparency data added for July to September 2024
8.
31 October 2024
GLD, AGO and HMCPS Business Appointment Rules data added for the period April – June 2024
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29 August 2024
GLD: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2024
AGO: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2024
HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: January to March 2024
10.
22 March 2024
Included Business Appointment Rules for Oct to Dec 2023.
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14 December 2023
Added Business Appointment Rules data for GLD, AGO and HMCPSI from July to September 2023.
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19 October 2023
GLD: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2023, AGO: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2023 and HMCPSI: Business Appointment Rules: April to June 2023 data added
13.
20 July 2023
The Business Appointment Rules for GLD, AGO and HMCPSI January to March 2023 have been updated.
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30 March 2023
GLD, AGO and HMCPSI's business appointment rules for Q3 added.
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22 December 2022
GLD: Business Appointment Rules: July 2022 to September 2022 - HTML attachment updated
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19 December 2022
Business Appointment Rules data added for July - September 2022 - for GLD, AGO and HMCPSI.
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29 September 2022
Transparency data has been added for April to June 2022
18.
14 July 2022
Added GLD, AGO and HMCPSI Business Appointment Rules for the period January 2022 to March 2022.
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31 March 2022
Added GLD, AGO and HMCPSI transparency data for the period October 2021 to December 2021.
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27 January 2022
Added 3 HTML attachments for July to Sept 2021
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21 October 2021
Business Appointment Rules data added for GLD, AGO and HMCPSI, covering the periods January to March 2021 and April to June 2021.
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7 May 2021
Updated data for the period October 2016 to December 2020.
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4 February 2021
Updated transparency data.
24.
29 October 2020
Updated HTML messaging for GLD AGO and HMCPSI.
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26 March 2020
Dates for reporting have been edited
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24 January 2020
Updated with information to September 2019.
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22 October 2018
Updated quarterly information in respect of Business Appointment Rules, on behalf of AGO, GLD and HMCPSI, for the quarter ending 30 June 2018.
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28 June 2018
Updated decisions for period October 2016 to March 2018.
29.
26 March 2018
Attached documents have been updated to reflect latest returns (December 2017).
30.
14 December 2017
Updated summary of advice given under business appointment rules to include the period up to September 2017.
31.
17 October 2017
Updated to include advice required in the period from March 2017 - June 2017.
32.
7 September 2017
First published.
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