Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the recommendations of the Commissioner for Public Appointments’ report on appointments to the board of the Office for Students, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure due diligence on public appointments.
We recognise that the Commissioner for Public Appointments has re-affirmed the importance of departments undertaking more due diligence, and the Government will be acting on the Commissioner's advice on this issue.