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>
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As has been the case under successive administrations, Government establishes a range of statutory and non-statutory commissions, with different functions. Where a commission\u2019s 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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1609", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chloe Smith"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chloe Smith"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-07-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-07-13T17:41:29.96Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Public Appointments"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4409", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Naz Shah"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bradford West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Naz Shah"} ], "uin" : "71076"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1181862", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1181862/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
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>
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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>
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In January 2018, Ofsted board members were announced here:<\/p>
https://diversityuk.org/new-members-announced-ofsted-board/<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> In February 2018, Ofqual board members were announced here:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-members-announced-for-ofqual-board<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> All appointments from April 2018 onwards have been published on the Cabinet Office website here: 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: https://www.citb.co.uk/about-us/how-we-are-governed/our-board/#peter_lauener<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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