§ Baroness Denton of Wakefieldasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which appointments made to public bodies and agencies during the last three months did not result from the response of the appointee to a public advertisement.
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyPublic appointments are the responsibility of individual Ministers and their departments. Information on individual appointments is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Commissioner for Public Appointments' guidance on appointments to executive non-departmental public bodies and NHS bodies encourages the use of advertising and other means to obtain a wide field of candidates for such appointments.