Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 17 September (HC4655), what instruction has been given to Departments by (1) 10 Downing Street, and (2) the Cabinet Office, since the general election on removing non-executive directors from Government Departments, including the removal of Conservative-affiliated individuals.

The principle and processes for making regulated public appointments are set out in the Governance Code on Public Appointments. No instructions have been given from 10 Downing Street or the Cabinet Office on removing non-executives from Government Departments.