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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2015 to Question 18148, if he will provide a breakdown of public appointments by his Department its executive agencies and non-governmental bodies by (a) gender, (b) ethnicity, (c) socio-economic group, (d) sexual orientation and (e) disability status in each of the last three years.

DCMS encourages applications from candidates with the widest range of backgrounds. We work closely with Cabinet Office to identify potential barriers to appointments, and put in place a number of actions to overcome them.

The following statistics are a breakdown of new appointments made by DCMS. Candidates are not required to answer questions about gender, race, sexual orientation or disability - many do not. The stats provided are for candidates who have chosen to disclose this information. Therefore this data is only a snapshot and cannot be used as an accurate representation of our diversity statistics.

The information providedis a breakdown ofallappointments made by this department. Candidates are not required to answer questions aboutgender, race, sexual orientation or disability. The stats provided are for candidates who have chosen to disclose this information.

DCMS does notcollectdata on socio-economic group of appointees.

DCMS does notcollatedata on sexual orientation of appointees.