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1238214

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what role the Commissioner of Public Appointments will play in the process of selecting a new Chairman of the BBC.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	96088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Commissioner for Public Appointments is the independent regulator of public appointments. The Commissioner’s statutory functions are set out in the Public Appointments Order in Council 2016. The Commissioner’s primary role is to provide independent assurance that public appointments are made in accordance with the Principles of Public Appointments and the Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 01/10/2020 10:33:38 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1238215

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the process will commence to appoint a new a Chairman of the BBC; and whether that process will be an open competition.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	96089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The process to appoint a new Chairman of the BBC will be a fair and open competition, run in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments. We expect to launch the process shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 01/10/2020 10:34:41 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1238216

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the criteria by which he is seeking a candidate for the Chairmanship of the BBC.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	96090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Once the process opens to applications, the full role specification will be publicly available on the Cabinet Office’s Public Appointments website, where all roles are advertised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 01/10/2020 10:35:42 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

520690

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 50 of the White Paper, A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction, published in May 2016, if he will publish details of the appointment process for members of the new BBC unitary board.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	38089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>As a result of the proposals set out in the White Paper the BBC, for the first time, will be responsible for appointing at least half of its own board members. This approach will enhance the independence of the BBC and its Board. For the public appointments to the new Unitary Board, these will be made in line with OCPA processes, with final approval coming from the Queen's Council. Appointments made by the BBC to the new board will also follow public appointments best practice, including independent members on the selection panels.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 06/06/2016 16:06:45 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

520691

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 50 of the White Paper, A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction, published in May 2016, if he will publish details of the public appointments process for the chair, deputy chair and non-executive members from the four nations of the UK for the new BBC unitary board.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	38090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>As a result of the proposals set out in the White Paper the BBC, for the first time, will be responsible for appointing at least half of its own board members. This approach will enhance the independence of the BBC and its Board. For the public appointments to the new Unitary Board, these will be made in line with OCPA processes. With particular reference to the appointment of the four national representatives the Government's intention is to follow the existing protocol of involving each of the devolved administrations in the process for the relevant representative.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 06/06/2016 16:07:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

459837

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the BBC new board members should (1) be appointed without ministerial influence, and (2) include audience and staff representatives.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>These issues are being considered as part of Charter Review. The Government will set out its proposals in the forthcoming White Paper.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6939 HL6941 HL6943 question first answered 24/03/2016 10:33:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill