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720479

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date	13/04/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Council: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications the board of the British Council received during its last intake.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The British Council has advised that it received 240 applications in response to the most recent trustee advertisement.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/04/2017 15:18:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Council: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the British Council board are (a) women, (b) from black or minority ethnic backgrounds, (c) disabled or (d) from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The British Council has advised that it carries out equality monitoring of its Board of Trustees. As of 31 March 2017, the proportion of the British Council Board of Trustees that identified as women was 31%; the proportion from minority ethnic backgrounds was 23%. No board members stated they were disabled. The British Council do not currently collect data on board members' socio-economic backgrounds.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/04/2017 14:57:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

720496

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Council: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who makes appointments to the Board of the British Council; which other organisations or individuals provide advice on those appointments; and at what stage of the process such advice is provided.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The British Council have advised that trustees are appointed in three ways. One Trustee post is filled by the Chair of the British Council's country committees for Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, co-opted on a rotating basis for a two-year period. Under the terms of the British Council's Royal Charter, the Foreign Secretary may nominate one person to be a Trustee. All other Trustees, including the Chair and Deputy Chair, are elected by the Board following an open recruitment process. The Nominations Committee reviews the composition of the Board, including its expertise and diversity, and proposes trustees for appointment by the Board after running a full recruitment process. The appointment of the Chair and Deputy Chair of the British Council are subject to prior approval by the Foreign Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/04/2017 14:54:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett