Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions and on what dates his Department's board has met in the last 12 months; and who was in attendance at each such meeting.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Departmental Board met five times in the period 4 March 2014 – 4 March 2015.

The dates and attendees were:

6 March 2014

Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP – Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills (Chair)

Rt Hon David Willetts MP – Minister of State for Universities and Science

Allan Cook – Lead Non-Executive Board Member

Prof Wendy Purcell – Non-Executive Board Member

Alan Aubrey – Non-Executive Board Member

Dale Murray – Non-Executive Board Member

Prof Dame Ann Dowling – Non-Executive Board Member

Martin Donnelly – Permanent Secretary

Bernadette Kelly – Director General (DG), Business and Local Growth

Howard Orme – DG, Finance and Commercial

Philippa Lloyd – DG, People and Strategy

Rachel Sandby-Thomas – DG, Legal, Enterprise and Skills

Sam Beckett – DG, Economics and Markets

Sir John O’Reilly – DG, Knowledge and Innovation

Mark Russell – CEO, Shareholder Executive

Crispin Simon – Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), UK Trade and Investment

29 April 2014

Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP – Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills (Chair)

Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP – Minister of State for Business and Enterprise

Lord Livingston – Minister of State for Trade and Investment

Matthew Hancock MP - Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise

Jenny Willott MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs

Allan Cook – Lead Non-Executive Board Member

Alan Aubrey – Non-Executive Board Member

Dale Murray – Non-Executive Board Member

Martin Donnelly – Permanent Secretary

Bernadette Kelly - DG, Business and Local Growth

Howard Orme – DG, Finance and Commercial

Rachel Sandby-Thomas – DG, Legal, Enterprise and Skills

Sam Beckett – DG, Economics and Markets

Sir John O’Reilly – DG, Knowledge and Innovation

Mark Russell – CEO, Shareholder Executive

Crispin Simon – Acting CEO, UK Trade and Investment

16 June 2014

Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP – Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills (Chair)

Rt Hon David Willetts MP – Minister of State for Universities and Science

Matthew Hancock MP - Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise

Jenny Willott MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs

Allan Cook – Lead Non-Executive Board Member

Alan Aubrey – Non-Executive Board Member

Dale Murray – Non-Executive Board Member

Stephen Bligh – Non-Executive Board Member

Prof Wendy Purcell – Non-Executive Board Member

Martin Donnelly – Permanent Secretary

Bernadette Kelly - DG, Business and Local Growth

Howard Orme – DG, Finance and Commercial

Rachel Sandby-Thomas – DG, Legal, Enterprise and Skills

Sam Beckett – DG, Economics and Markets

Sir John O’Reilly – DG, Knowledge and Innovation

Mark Russell – CEO, Shareholder Executive

Dominic Jermey - CEO, UK Trade and Investment

Philippa Lloyd – DG, People and Strategy

9 December 2014

Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP – Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills

Rt Hon Greg Clark MP - Minister of State for Universities and Science

Jo Swinson MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs

Allan Cook – Lead Non-Executive Board Member

Dalton Philips - Non-Executive Board Member

Juergen Maier - Non-Executive Board Member

Prof Wendy Purcell - Non-Executive Board Member

Prof Dame Ann Dowling – Non-Executive Board Member

Dale Murray – Non-Executive Board Member

Stephen Bligh – Non-Executive Board Member

Martin Donnelly – Permanent Secretary

Bernadette Kelly - DG, Business and Local Growth

Howard Orme – DG, Finance & Commercial

Philippa Lloyd – DG, People and Strategy

Rachel Sandby-Thomas – DG, Legal, Enterprise and Skills

Sam Beckett - DG, Economics and Markets

Mark Russell - CEO Shareholder Executive

3 March 2015

Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP – Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills

Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP - Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Energy

Nick Boles MP – Minister of State for Skills and Equalities

Jo Swinson MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs

Allan Cook – Lead Non-Executive Board Member

Prof Wendy Purcell - Non-Executive Board Member

Prof Dame Ann Dowling – Non-Executive Board Member

Dale Murray – Non-Executive Board Member

Stephen Bligh – Non-Executive Board Member

Martin Donnelly – Permanent Secretary

Bernadette Kelly - DG, Business and Local Growth

Howard Orme – DG, Finance & Commercial

Philippa Lloyd – DG, People, Strategy & Higher Education

Rachel Sandby-Thomas – DG, Legal, Enterprise and Skills

Sam Beckett - DG, Economics and Markets

Mark Russell - CEO Shareholder Executive

Gareth Davies – DG, Knowledge and Innovation