Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department’s current non-executive directors were appointed; what oversight officials had of Ministerial appointments of non-executive directors; and what assessment was made of their experience against the requirements for breadth and depth of experience set out in the Cabinet Office guidance on Departmental Boards of November 2014.

Departments follow the principles set out in Cabinet Office/HM Treasury ‘Corporate governance in central government departments: code of good practice.

Our current non-executive directors are:

Mark Rawlinson (Lead Non-Executive) Appointed 4 June 2018 Mark Rawlinson - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Shirley Cooper OBE Appointed 4 June 2018 Shirley Cooper - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Nick Campsie Appointed 4 June 2018 Nick Campsie - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Paul Smith Appointed 1 April 2020 Paul Smith - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)