§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his answer of 17 March 1999,Official Report, column 710, for what reasons current information on appointments to Government advisory committees is not held centrally; and if he will make it his policy that such information be held centrally in future. [79504]
§ Mr. KilfoyleThere are over 36,000 appointments to non-departmental public bodies including advisory committees. These are the responsibility of the relevant sponsoring Minister and department. Departments post information on current appointments every six months to the Public Appointments Unit Internet Directory at (http://www.open.gov.uk/pau/paupoint.htm).