§ Mrs. LaitTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the appointments to public bodies which he has made since 1 May 1997 have been from the Public Appointments Unit list. [33253]
§ Mr. StrawThe information requested is not held centrally within the Department, and could be assembled and collated only at disproportionate cost. Candidates for public appointments may come from a number of sources, including the Public Appointments Unit (PAU), but the fact that a person may be on the PAU list does not mean that he or she might not separately apply for an appointment, for example in response to an advertisement for a specific appointment.