Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what due diligence processes he followed when appointing the current Deputy Chair of the Ofcom Board.
All candidates for public appointments, including Baroness Noakes in respect of her appointment as Deputy Chair of Ofcom, are required to declare relevant interests to the selection panel, in line with the OCPA Code (4.1). No other diligence was undertaken.