Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on achieving gender balance on boards of Government departments.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Board membership is determined by the needs and policy priorities of each Department.
The Civil Service Talent Action Plan requires government departments to ensure that organisational boards are diverse and to publish data on the diversity of their Boards.