To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the membership is of the Diplomatic Service Appeal Board. (317797)

The six former Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) employee members of the Diplomatic Service Appeal Board are as follows:

Ms Philippa Drew CB—Chair

Professor Colin Jennings—Vice Chair

Sir James Hodge KCVO CMG—FCO nominee

Mr. Alan Hunt CMG—FCO nominee

Mr. Philip Grice LVO—Trade union nominee

Mr. John Kelly CMG LVO MBE—Trade union nominee

The two independent members are:

Mrs. Janet Rubin

Ms Susan Jenkins