Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of public appointments were of ethnic minority candidates in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.

Statistics on public appointments are published annually by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

Statistics on Public Appointments are published annually by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and the data can be found at: http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/.