Dr. Tony WrightTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which ministerial appointments remain(a) outside the scope of the Nolan rules and (b) the jurisdiction of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. [79247]
§ Mr. KilfoyleThe First Nolan Report set out a draft Code of Practice for public appointments procedures and recommended the establishment of an independent Commissioner for Public Appointments. The Commissioner's current Code of Practice reflects the Nolan rules. Ministers make appointments to a wide range of bodies, for example the judiciary, tribunals, boards of visitors and time-limited bodies, which are outside the remit of the Commissioner. The Commissioner's remit covers ministerial appointments to advisory and executive non-departmental public bodies, NHS bodies, the utility regulators, and the boards of public corporations and nationalised industries.