Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 191947 on Ofcom: Managers, how many times have former Ofcom employees joined a company regulated by Ofcom within 12 months of their employment ending with Ofcom in the last five years.

Ofcom employees must advise their manager and / or senior people manager if they have accepted an offer of employment in a company regulated by Ofcom or an Ofcom supplier with whom they have had contact during their employment. Consideration is given to whether a conflict of interest may be triggered on a case-by-case basis and action taken as appropriate, such as removing the employee from an area of work or placing them on garden leave.

Information on the company which an employee moves to when they leave Ofcom, and any action that Ofcom has taken if they consider there to be the potential for a conflict of interest to be triggered, is kept on the individual’s personnel file. The Government does not hold this information.