§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appointments to the public bodies listed in "Public Bodies" for his Department were made from names supplied by the public appointments unit; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 19 March 1993]: The Scottish Office maintains its own public appointments list and therefore makes limited use of names from the public appointments unit. The Scottish Office public appointments list is used as a source of names of suitably qualified candidates for consideration for a wide range of appointments which I make. From time to time, the public appointments unit passes names to the Scottish Office for the public appointment list, and vice versa. No central records are kept of the source of names of those who are appointed to public bodies.