Supplementary letter from the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport
APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BBC TRUST
Thank you for your letter of 14 June about the
BBC Trust appointments process.
The selection panel interviewed five candidates
on 12 March 2007, and each was assessed against the published
criteria and scored on a scale of A-D (where candidates scoring
C and above were appointable). The scores and rank of each candidate
were provided to Ministers, along with an interview report including
details of the panel's assessment of each candidate against the
published criteria.
On this occasion, the panel recommended that
four candidates, including Sir Michael Lyons, were appointable.
The panel advised that one candidate was more highly recommended
than the others.
I hope this answers your questions.
25 June 2007
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