Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides to other Departments on appointing personnel to pay review bodies.

The pay review bodies are listed in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council. Appointments to these bodies are therefore regulated under the Order in Council and should be made in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments published by the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office also provides ad-hoc support and advice to departments on a wide range of public appointment processes. This has been the case under successive administrations.