Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) direct ministerial and (b) other public appointments to his Department and associated bodies have (i) been (A) removed from their posts and (B) asked to resign and (ii) made since 4 July 2024.

Since becoming Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 5 July, no direct ministerial or other public appointees have been asked to resign or been removed from office.

I have confirmed the following direct ministerial appointments: Anna Jerzewska, Alistair Hamilton and Aidan Reilly as members of the new Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel and Baroness Foster as Chair of Intertrade UK.

I have also made the following public appointments that were regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments: Nazia Latif as Commissioner to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and Mairead Holder as Commissioner to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.