§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the non-diplomatic service appointments he has made since 7 June 2001. [46226]
§ Mr. BradshawI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 4 December 2001,Official Report, column 210W.
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has made nine appointments to FCO non-departmental public bodies since 7 June 2001. As well as those included in my answer of 4 December 2001, three appointments have been made to Wilton Park Academic Council (the new appointment of Mr. David Heath MP, and the reappointment of Lady Suzanne Warner and Mr. Nik Gowing).
There have also been a number of non-diplomatic service appointments made by several departments within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, records of which are not held centrally. These would include members of home civil service staff, 225 having taken up their appointment through open competition, 14 through transfer from other Government Departments; and five reinstated staff.