Northern Ireland Office Business Appointment Rules Advice for April to June 2021

Northern Ireland Office data on applications for outside employment by former senior civil servants and special advisers. The dataset covers the second quarter of 2021, during which no decisions were issued. It is published by the UK Government Digital Service under a Creative Commons license.

Use Cases

• Tracking compliance with ethics rules based on the described applications for outside appointments.
• Analyzing trends in post-government employment based on the quarterly reporting structure mentioned.
• Monitoring transparency disclosures based on the publication of advice through official reports and GOV.UK.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly linked to a specific time period (April to June 2021).
• Describes a clear scope covering senior civil service levels SCS1, SCS2, and special advisers.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Official government reporting under the Business Appointment Rules.

Time Range

April to June 2021

Freshness

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Geography

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom