§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many nominations for public office were made in(a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004; and how many of these were made online. [162808]
§ Mr. AlexanderThis information is not held centrally. Individual departments are responsible for making appointments to their own public bodies.
In order to provide greater access to information about opportunities to serve on the boards of public bodies, my Department launched a new public appointments vacancy website www.publicappts-vacs.gov.uk in March 2003. People can search the site by area of interest, Government Department and by location to find details of the vacancies of most interest to them, including how and where to apply.