Non-executive director appointments

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 10 Jan 2024 Closed: 28 May 2024 Parliament page
Non-executive directors (NEDs) serve on the boards of Government departments and arm’s-length bodies (ALBs). Their role is to provide challenge and expert advice grounded in experience to management boards and Government ministers. The Committee’s 2021 report on Government’s delivery through arm’s-length bodies noted controversy around the appointment of NEDs to … Read more
11 Recommendations
12 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
11 Jul
2025
Report published
8 May
2024
Report published
16 Apr
2024
Correspondence
15 Apr
2024
Correspondence
15 Apr
2024
Correspondence
18 Mar
2024
Oral evidence
18 Mar
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
18 Mar 2024
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Non-executive director appointments
Elizabeth Passey · Rural Payments Agency Michael Jary · Cabinet Office Simon Madden · NHSX Sir Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirtieth Report - Non-executive appointments HC 460 8 May 2024 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
13 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Thirtieth Report - Non-executive a…
No central list or mandatory system use currently exists for unregulated public appointments.
The Cabinet Office told us that it does not have a central list of how many unregulated appointments there are.20 It said that it does not currently have central oversight of any aspect on unregulated appointments and it is not … Read more
Government Response
The Cabinet Office will write to departments to encourage wider use of the applicant tracking system for unregulated appointments by the end of December 2024, but stops short of mandating it due to resource and capacity considerations.
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Government Response AI assessment · 23 of 11 classified
Accepted 14
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 4
Not Addressed 1
Total 11 recs + 12 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
16 Apr 2024 Correspondence from Simon Madden, Director of Propriety & Ethics, Cabinet Office, re Public Accounts Committee – Oral Evidence update Non-Executive Director appointment, dated 2 April 2024
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15 Apr 2024 Correspondence from Simon Madden, Director of Propriety & Ethics, Cabinet Office, re Public Accounts Committee oral evidence session on Non-Executive Director Appointments - 18 March: transcript change requests, dated 2 April 2024
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15 Apr 2024 Joint correspondence from Sir Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, Simon Madden, Director, Propriety and Ethics, Cabinet Office, and Michael Jary, Government Lead Non-Executive, Cabinet Office, re Public Accounts Committee oral evidence session on Non-Executive Director Appointments - 18 March: Cabinet Office follow up actions, dated 26 March 2024
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