Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.

One non-executive director, Willy Roe, was in post before May 2015 and has since left the Department’s board. His tenure was from 01 July 2011 to 30 June 2015.

Details of non-executive appointments are included in the Department’s published annual reports and accounts. Since May 2010, 6 individuals have been appointed to the Department’s board. Their names and tenures are as follow:

John Clare: 01 November 2011 to 31 October 2012

Ian Cheshire: 01 February 2011 to 10 November 2014

Willy Roe: 01 July 2011 to 30 June 2015

Dame Clara Furse: 01 July 2011 to date

David Lister: 01 July 2011 to date

Andrew Graham: 12 March 2015 to date

Currently, we have 3 non-executive directors on the board.