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Written question asked by Stephen Farry (Alliance) on Tuesday, 26 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 April 2024. It was answered by Steve Baker (Conservative) on Monday, 15 April 2024 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Public Appointments: Northern Ireland Office

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the (a) gender, (b) disability status, (c) sexual orientation, (d) marital status and (e) ethnicity of public appointments that it has made in each of the last five years.

Answer

My Department collects diversity information in line with its equality duties and the requirements of the Governance Code on Public Appointments for all public appointments set out in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council.

Information collected on appointments and reappointments is published annually by the Cabinet Office in the Public Appointments Data Report and can be found on GOV.UK. The Commissioner for Public Appointments also includes data in his annual report which is published at:

https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/publications/annual-reports/

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
20814
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Personal records Public appointments Northern Ireland Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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