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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Joyce Quin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made by his Department towards the aim in the White Paper, "Your Region, Your Choice", of encouraging applicants to public bodies from all parts of England; and what change there has been in the geographical diversity of appointees to NDPBs and other public bodies sponsored by his Department since the publication of the White Paper. [108558] Mr. Stephen Twigg: Vacancies for public appointments are publicised routinely by my Department in a range of national and local media, including its own website (www.dfes.gov.uk) and the new website (www.publicappts-vacs.gov.uk) launched by the Cabinet Office in March 2003. All public appointments are made on merit. In the period since the publication of the White Paper on 14 May 2002 up until 31 March 2003, my Department made 48 new appointments to non-departmental public bodies. The distribution by residence of those appointed is detailed below. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. English region/country Number of new appointments North East 2 North West 2 Yorks and Humberside 2 East Midlands 2 West Midlands 3 East 3 South West 3 London 12 South East 15 Northern Ireland 1 Scotland 2 Wales 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

108558; 404 c415W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Government departments Public appointments Location Regional government Department for Education and Skills

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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