Office for Students: Directors

(asked on 31st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Office for Students on setting the salary of non-executive directors.


Answered by
Michelle Donelan Portrait
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
This question was answered on 22nd April 2022

Under Schedule 1, Section 4(2) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, it is for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education to set the terms and conditions of a person’s appointment as a member of the Office for Students (OfS). Under Schedule 1, section 6(1), the OfS must pay to members of the OfS such remuneration as the Secretary of State may determine.

As outlined in the Governance Code for Public Appointments, there is a requirement for ministers to agree the remuneration of appointees of the boards of public bodies prior to a competition opening. The remuneration of £9,180 per annum for non-executive directors of the OfS board was approved by ministers when the OfS was established, and is approved each time a new competition is launched.

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