Commissioner for Public Appointments

The Commissioner for Public Appointments is a British public servant, appointed by the King,{{Cite web|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Order-approved-in-Council-19-April-16.pdf|title=Public Appointments Commissioner Order in Council 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} whose primary role is to provide independent assurance that ministerial public appointments across the United Kingdom by HM Government Ministers (and devolved appointments by Welsh Government Ministers) are made in accordance with the Principles of Public Appointments and the Cabinet Office's Governance Code on Public Appointments.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-code-for-public-appointments|title=Governance Code for Public Appointments - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-10-18}} The commissioner issues an annual report and a statistical bulletin each year.{{Cite news|url=https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/publications/annual-reports/|title=Annual reports - Commissioner for Public Appointments|work=Commissioner for Public Appointments|access-date=2017-10-18|language=en-GB}}

There are similar bodies for two other jurisdictions of the United Kingdom – the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland and the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland.

{{As of|2022|July}}, the current commissioner for public appointments is William Shawcross.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/commissioner-for-public-appointments-appointed-peter-riddell|title=Commissioner for Public Appointments appointed: Peter Riddell - Press releases - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|access-date=2016-04-30}}

List of commissioners for public appointments in England and Wales

November 1995–March 1999: Sir Len Peach{{Cite web|url=http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/what-we-do/history-of-the-commissioners-role/|title=History of the Commissioner's role - The Commissioner for Public Appointments|website=publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk|access-date=2016-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408062116/http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/what-we-do/history-of-the-commissioners-role/|archive-date=2016-04-08|url-status=dead}}
March 1999–December 2005: Dame Rennie Fritchie DBE (now The Baroness Fritchie){{Cite web|url=http://number10.gov.uk/page2538|title=Number10.gov.uk : Dame Rennie Fritchie re-appointed as Commissioner for Public Appointments|last=10 Downing Street|date=2002-02-06|website=number10.gov.uk|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20091208054532/number10.gov.uk/page2538|archive-date=2009-12-08|access-date=2016-04-30}}
January 2006–December 2010: Dame Janet Gaymer DBE{{Cite web|url=http://www.personneltoday.com/hr/employment-lawyer-named-as-new-commissioner-for-public-appointments/|title=Employment lawyer named as new Commissioner for Public Appointments - Personnel Today|date=2005-12-22|website=Personnel Today|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-04-30}}
January 2011–March 2016: Sir David Normington GCB{{cite web|url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/appointments-first-civil-service-commissioner-and-commissioner-public-appointments|title=Dual Civil Service Commissioner and Commissioner for Public Appointments|date=2010-12-21|publisher=UK Cabinet Office|accessdate=2011-03-03}}
April 2016–September 2021: Rt Hon Peter Riddell CBE
September 2021–{{As of|September 2021|alt=present}}: Sir William Shawcross CVO{{Cite web |title=About the Commissioner |url=https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/about-us/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Commissioner for Public Appointments |language=en-GB}}

References

External links

[https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/ The Commissioner for Public Appointments' website]

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