§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the individuals appointed by his Department to public positions in the last year were first identified by the public appointments unit. [8538]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe public appointments unit is a valuable source of candidates. No central record is maintained of the sources of names of appointees and in some cases they may have been nominated from more than one source. I regret that the information cannot be provided in the form requested.