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<p>The Government is committed to increasing the diversity of public appointments
and has an aspiration that 50% of new public appointees should be women. We are
making good progress, with 44% of new appointments made to women in 2014-2015 and
a higher proportion of all public appointments (new appointments and reappointments)
went to women last year than at any other point previously recorded.</p><p>The Centre
for Public Appointments in the Cabinet Office supports departments on all issues relating
to the diversity of public appointments. Steps we are taking to increase diversity
include streamlining the application process, placing an emphasis on ability over
previous experience, and increasing awareness of opportunities by using a central
website, social media.</p><p>I hosted an event in February for a variety of diversity
networks to encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply for Public Appointments
and to advertise them in their own networks. The Cabinet Office is also represented
at events run by diversity networks to raise awareness of the opportunities available.</p><p>
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