Business appointment rules advice: April to June 2025

Summarises details about former Ofgem staff, at senior levels SCS1 and SCS2 and its equivalents, who have left the civil service. This includes the conditions under which their new employment (paid or unpaid) was approved. These rules apply for either one or two years after leaving, depending on the role.

Ofgem issued a decision on one application submitted under the business appointment rules between 1 April to 30 June 2025.

Daniel Norton

Full name of applicant: Daniel Norton

Title of former civil service role: Deputy Director, Pricing Strategy

Date left or retired from the civil service: 22 April 2025

Name of new employer: OHME

New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Commercial Director

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions
or restrictions applied):

Default restrictions apply

• A restriction placed on any dealings with Ofgem, or wider government in the form of, for
  example, consultancy or lobbying.
• A restriction on advising on a bid with, or contract relating to the work of, Ofgem.
• In all cases, a restriction on drawing on any privileged information (as defined by Advisory Committee on Business Appointments) available to the applicant because of their role at Ofgem. 

Rationale

• The applicant has not had access to policy or other departmental information, knowledge of which could give the prospective employer an unfair advantage.
• The applicant has a broad knowledge of Ofgem’s priorities as a standard part of being an employee in a senior role at this organisation. However, they have not been working on areas of policy with direct relevance to the new employer and they do not hold information that would specifically benefit the prospective employer.