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Regional Development Agencies: Public Appointments

Volume 463: debated on Monday 10 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform who the board members are of each regional development agency; and what the (a) political affiliation and (b) biography is of each. (153739)

All the names of appointments and re-appointments for the RDA Boards (except for the London Development Agency where appointments are made by the Mayor) are announced in Parliament as a matter of course and this information is stored with their biographies in the Library.

Some information regarding the political activity of board members is obtained during the appointment and re-appointment process but is currently not available in the Library. This information is included in all press notices released when appointments or re-appointments are announced.

However, the political activity information that can be requested is restricted by the Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments and does not cover information about membership of political parties or voting preferences.