Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the selection process is for members of the Children's Commissioner's Advisory Board.
The Children’s Commissioner for England’s advisory board brings together individuals from across the children’s sector and wider civil society. Membership is by the formal invitation of the Children’s Commissioner following public advertisement and a recruitment exercise. The Children’s Commissioner selects members from applications received and they are invited on the basis of the following considerations:
The work of the advisory board is undertaken paying due regard to the seven principles of the Code of Conduct for those in Public Life. The terms of reference for the Advisory Board are publically available here: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/report/
advisory-board/.