§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many of the individuals appointed by his Department to public positions in the last year were first identified by the public appointments unit. [8539]
§ Mr. BurtNone. The public appointments unit is routinely consulted when public appointments are made to this Department's public bodies. Many of the public bodies are of a specialist nature, and the appointees are drawn from a specialist field. When the PAU is consulted, any names given may duplicate those from other sources.