Guidance for ministerial appointments to public bodies
Steps departments must follow to ensure all ministerial appointments to public bodies follow a fair, open and transparent process.
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These publications should be used as a guide by departments to the steps they must follow to ensure a fair, open and transparent appointments process.
Departments should also read Increasing Diversity in Public Appointments guidance (pds, 198 KB).
All Public Appointments are advertised on the .
The from the Commissioner for Public Appointments sets out the regulatory framework for the public appointments process.
All non-executive board members of public bodies must abide by the principles set out in the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies.
Updates to this page
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Updated versions of Guidance for approval of senior pay and pre-appointment scrutiny by House of Commons select committees published
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Code of conduct for board members of public bodies added.
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Out of date appendices removed.
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Link to Commissioner for Public Appointments website added.
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First published.