Public Appointments (Hansard, 2 February 1994)

§ Dr. Wright
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list for each of the last five years by Department(a) the number of approaches to the public appointments unit for names, (b) how many public appointments unit nominees have been forwarded in response to those approaches in (a), and (c) how many of these nominees have been appointed to a public body as a result.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
The number of requests for names of candidates is not kept by individual Department, and the numbers of names put forward in response to such requests is not recorded. Aggregated information is available as follows:

Year Number of approaches to the public appointments unit(PAU) Number of PAU nominees known to have been appointed

1988–89 215 117 ¹(44)

1989–90 242 133 (32)

1990–91 188 140 (63)

1991–92 258 121 (57)

1992–93 308 128 (67)

¹ Number of female nominees appointed.

§ Dr. Wright
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many names have been(a) added to and (b) deleted from the public appointments unit central list since 1990.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
Since January 1990, 1,578 new names have been added to the central list and 2,513 names have been deleted. The total number of names on the list is currently 5,015.

Year	Number of approaches to the public appointments unit(PAU)	Number of PAU nominees known to have been appointed
1988–89	215	117	¹(44)
1989–90	242	133	(32)
1990–91	188	140	(63)
1991–92	258	121	(57)
1992–93	308	128	(67)
¹ Number of female nominees appointed.