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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Joyce Quin: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what progress has been made towards the aim in the White Paper, Your Region, Your Choice, of encouraging applicants to public bodies from all parts of England; what change there has been in the geographical diversity of appointees to NDPBs and public bodies sponsored by ODPM since the publication of the White Paper; and what the outcome was of the regional seminars held by the Cabinet Office for women interested in serving on a public body. [108563] Mr. Raynsford: All vacancies on NDPBs sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister are advertised: on our own website on the Cabinet Office Public Appointments new vacancies website on the "Just Do Something" website on the "Research Research" website and the publication Research Fortnight Vacancies on some of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's larger bodies will normally be advertised in a variety of newspapers and other publications, including those specifically targeted at under-represented groups in public bodies such as The Voice, The Asian Times and Disability Now. It would be premature to try to establish a meaningful trend in the nature of appointments since May 2002, but the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is committed to a policy of encouraging diversity in the race, gender and location of appointees. Before the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was set up, as part of DTLR, officials attended all of the regional seminars organised by the then Cabinet Office's Women and Equality Unit during that period. The breakdown of new appointments to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's NDPBs by region between 14 May 2002 and 31 March 2003 is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region New appointees London 9 South East 3 Yorkshire and the Humber 2 North West 1 Wales 1 South West 1 West Midlands 1 East Midlands 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

108563; 404 c242-3W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Government departments Public appointments Location Regional government Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

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