Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Commissioner for Public Appointments on reform of the public sector pay review bodies process.

The appointments process for all public appointments covered by the Public Appointments Order in Council was reviewed in 2016, and led to the publication of the current Governance Code on Public Appointments. The implementation of this process, in accordance with the principles set out in the Code, is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments, who may also conduct thematic reviews on elements of the process to help inform best practice. I have not discussed with the Commissioner the reform of the public appointments process with regard to public sector review bodies.