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1249833

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	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 the letter from the Commissioner for Public Appointments to the Chair of the Committee on Standards of Public Life, dated 7 October.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL10070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Public appointments must adhere to high standards and are regulated by an independent, external process via a Governance Code. The Commissioner for Public Appointments has not found breaches of this Code in respect of the concerns he raises in the letter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 23/11/2020 11:57:52 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1222003

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) processes and (b) procedures are in place to elect members to commissions established by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	71076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, Government establishes a range of statutory and non-statutory commissions, with different functions. Where a commission’s work is long term it may be listed on the public appointments Order in Council and appointments will be made by ministers in line with the Governance Code for Public Appointments. If the work of a commission is short-term, members may be appointed in line with the long standing practice that ministers can directly appoint individuals to undertake short-term pieces of work.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/07/2020 17:41:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1181862

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they give to statements revealing views opposed to Brexit when deciding on public appointments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL2124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Public appointments are made by Ministers following the Governance Code on Public Appointments. This Code sets out the principles that should underpin all public appointments, including those appointments that Ministers have delegated to others.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2123 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:48 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

1089488

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the public appointments he has authorised since he took office.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, was appointed on 8 January 2018. Below are details of the appointments that have been made since that date.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2018, Ofsted board members were announced here:</p><p><a href="https://diversityuk.org/new-members-announced-ofsted-board/" target="_blank">https://diversityuk.org/new-members-announced-ofsted-board/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2018, Ofqual board members were announced here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-members-announced-for-ofqual-board" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-members-announced-for-ofqual-board</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All appointments from April 2018 onwards have been published on the Cabinet Office website here: <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/announcements/" target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/announcements/</a>. Where applicable, these appointments have also been announced on the websites of the individual organisations to which they relate. The only exception to this is the appointment in May 2018 of the Chair of the Construction Industry Training Board, which was announced here: <a href="https://www.citb.co.uk/about-us/how-we-are-governed/our-board/#peter_lauener" target="_blank">https://www.citb.co.uk/about-us/how-we-are-governed/our-board/#peter_lauener</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/03/2019 16:08:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

834496

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 January (HL Deb, cols 1083–1085), what action they are taking to widen the pool of talent for appointment to public bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL5302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2018 answer text <p>In December 2017, the Government published a Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan which sets out the range of activities we are undertaking to attract and to support new and diverse talent into public appointments. It sets out our ambition that, by 2022, 50% of all public appointees should be female and 14% of all public appointments should be from ethnic minorities (currently 43% and 10% respectively). It also announced a review of the barriers preventing disabled people from taking up public appointments. Other actions include improving the recruitment process to maximise opportunities for candidates from the broadest range of backgrounds, developing the networks through which to raise awareness of public appointments, and establishing a group of mentors who will provide peer-to-peer support for new and high potential candidates<strong>. </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 16/02/2018 12:13:10 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

659464

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the proportion of chairs who were (a) appointed and (b) re-appointed to public bodies who were (i) female, (ii) from an ethnic minority and (iii) disabled by (A) executive and (B) non-executive body in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	57968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Data on executive body chairs is not held centrally. Data on chairs of non-executive bodies which are public appointments is collected and published by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The data can be found on the Commissioner’s website at: <a href="http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/" target="_blank">http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/12/2016 09:10:38 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

648690

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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	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, what criteria she applies when making a decision on recommendations by Ofcom for appointments to public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	55580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State uses the criteria set out in the advertised job descriptions.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/12/2016 12:51:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

622458

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure political impartiality in the public appointments process.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL2779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>All public appointments are made on merit and follow a recruitment process regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p><p>The Commissioner collects and publishes data on an annual basis relating to public appointments within his regulatory remit including political activity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 07/11/2016 17:32:45 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

387890

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4411, whether political, trade and other envoys appointed under the previous Government are still in post.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	5617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 3 July 2015, UIN 4411.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 13/07/2015 13:19:15 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

386828

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to broaden the diversity of people considered for public appointments.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	900663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Public appointments must be drawn from the broadest possible pool of talent.</p><p>We’ve set up the Centre for Public Appointments to attract the widest possible range of candidates. The proportion of women appointed to public roles is increasing, but there is more to do.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/07/2015 16:21:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman