Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department received representations in support of Mohamed Amersi's application to be chair of the National Lottery Community Fund.

The appointment of the Chair of the National Lottery Community Fund is made by the Secretary of State. The appointment is made in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments, which is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The process to appoint a new Chair in 2021 was run in line with the Governance Code, through a fair and open competition.