Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men, (b) women, (c) people of an ethnic minority and (d) disabled candidates have been appointed to the boards of public bodies in each of the last five years.
The Commissioner for Public Appointments publishes statistics annually. The latest figures for 2013-14 can be found at http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk
Since 2013, the Government has published details on the gender of public appointments at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments