Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account she takes of diversity when deciding on recommendations from Ofcom on individual appointments to the board of Channel 4.

As with all public appointments, the Secretary of State focused on the criteria set out in the advertised job description when making her decision on appointments to the board of Channel 4, to ensure that the candidates had the specific skills and experiences required.

We are strongly committed to ensuring diversity in all public appointments. For example in the first half of 2016/17, 50% of new DCMS appointments went to women and 18% to BAME candidates.

Diversity in all its forms is an important factor taken into account when all public appointments are made.