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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he consulted the Public Appointments Commissioner on the appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission before that appointment was publicly announced; and if he will make a statement.

As is routine with most high profile appointments, the Commissioner for Public Appointments, reviewed the interview panel report for this role before an announcement was made detailing a preferred candidate. He has confirmed that ‘the report of the panel indicates that the interviews and the assessment were conducted in line with the Government's Governance Code on a fair and equal basis’.