Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155735 on Economic and Social Research Council: Public Appointments, on how many occasions in each of the last ten financial years has no candidate been deemed suitable; and whether Professor Michie was deemed suitable by the independent selection panel.

The most recent campaign for an Executive Chair for ESRC is the only campaign on records where no candidate was deemed suitable.

Appointment campaigns are confidential, so it is not possible to disclose details of applicants or the views of the panel.