ANNEX A
REVISED LIST OF POSTS SUITABLE FOR PRE-APPOINTMENT
HEARINGS
Attorney General's Office
- HM Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service
Cabinet Office[9]
[10]
- Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
- Chair of the Charity Commission
- Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
- Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
- Chair of the Statistics Authority
- Commissioner for Public Appointments
- First Civil Service Commissioner
- Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration[11]
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform
- Chair of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority
(GEMA)
- Chair of OFCOM[12]
- Chair of the Competition Commission
- Chair of the Office of Fair Trading
- Chair of the Postal Services Commission
Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Chair of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development
Agency[13]
- Chair of Ofqual[14]
- Children's Commissioner for England
- HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services
and Skills
Department for Communities and Local Government
- Chair of OFTENANT
- Chair of the Audit Commission
- Chair of the Infrastructure Planning Commission[15]
- Chair of the Standards Board
- Chief Fire and Rescue Officer
- Local Commissioners for Administration in England[16]
Department for Culture, Media and Sport[17]
- Chair of OFCOM[18]
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Chair of the Agricultural Wages Board
- Chair of the Committee on Climate Change
- Chair of the Environment Agency
- Chair of the Gangmaster Licensing Authority
- Chair of Natural England
- Chair of the Water Services Regulatory Authority
(OFWAT)
- Rural Advocate
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
- Chairs of the Research Councils
- Chair of the Higher Education Funding Council for
England
- Director of the Office for Fair Access
Department for Transport[19]
- Chair of the Office of Rail Regulation
Department for Work and Pensions
- Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee
- Pensions Ombudsman
- Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman
Department of Health
- Chair of the Appointments Commission
- Chair of the Care Quality Commission
- Chair of the Food Standards Agency
- Health Service Commissioner for England[20]
Government Equalities Office
- Chair of the Commission for Equality and Human
Rights
Her Majesty's Treasury
- Comptroller and Auditor General[21]
Home Office
- HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary
Ministry of Defence
- Service Complaints Commissioner
Ministry of Justice
- Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission
- Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints
- HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
- HM Chief Inspector of Probation
- Information Commissioner
- Prison and Probation Ombudsman
9 Pre-appointment scrutiny of the Prime Minister's
Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests is being considered
as part of the Government's response to the recent PASC report
on Ministerial conduct. Back
10
The Government will consider pre-appointment scrutiny of diplomatic
appointments as proposed by the Foreign Affairs Committee in the
context of pre-legislative scrutiny of the civil service clauses
of the Constitutional Renewal Bill. Back
11
The same office-holder (currently Ann Abraham) holds the role
of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service
Commissioner for England. Back
12
Joint BERR and DCMS appointment. Back
13
The Government has announced that the Qualifications and Curriculum
Authority (QCA) will lose its powers as the regulator of qualifications,
tests and examinations, and develop into an agency for developing
curriculum, assessment and qualifications, to be called the Qualifications
and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA). These reforms will be
put on a statutory basis (subject to Parliamentary approval).
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14
Ofqual will be established as the independent regulator: the guardian
of standards across the qualifications, tests and examinations
systems in England. Ofqual will be established on a statutory
basis (subject to Parliamentary approval). Pending legislation,
Ofqual has been set up on an interim basis under QCA's existing
regulatory powers. Back
15
Subject to the passage of the Planning Bill. Back
16
There are currently three Commissioners. Back
17
Given the sensitivities around the editorial independence of the
BBC, DCMS wish to consider this further in dialogue with interested
parties including the BBC Trust and the Culture, Media and Sport
Committee. Back
18
Joint BERR and DCMS appointment. Back
19
The Government recognises that there is a case for inclusion of
the CAA in its role as the UK aviation regulator. However, the
nature of the role of Chair of the CAA is currently undergoing
an independent strategic review by Sir Joseph Pilling, who may
recommend changes in governance structures. Given this, we think
it is right that we do not make a final decision on its suitability
for pre-appointment scrutiny at this stage. The Department for
Transport will consider further in light of Sir Joseph's review
and, as part of this, will consult the Transport Select Committee. Back
20
The same office-holder (currently Ann Abraham) holds the role
of Health Service Commissioner for England and Parliamentary Commissioner
for Administration. Back
21
The pre-appointment hearing for the posts of C&AG will follow
the process set out by the Chair of the Public Accounts Commission
in Pre-appointment hearings by select committee, House of Commons
Liaison Committee, First Report of Session 2007-08 (HC384), pg
23.The C&AG designate will appear before PAC after the Government
and the Chair of the PAC have agreed his/her name but before the
debate on the motion for his/her appointment. Back
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