The Commissioner for Public Appointments is a British public servant, appointed by The King, whose primary role is to provide independent assurance that ministerial public appointments across the

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Ministers (and devolved appointments by

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Ministers) are made in accordance with the Principles of Public Appointments and the

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's Governance Code on Public Appointments. The Commissioner issues an annual report and a statistical bulletin each year. There are similar bodies for two other jurisdictions of the United Kingdom – the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland and th
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, the current Commissioner for Public Appointments is

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List of Commissioners for Public Appointments in England and Wales

* November 1995–March 1999: Sir Len Peach * March 1999–December 2005: Dame Rennie Fritchie DBE (now The Baroness Fritchie) * January 2006–December 2010: Dame Janet Gaymer DBE * January 2011–March 2016: Sir David Normington GCB * April 2016–September 2021: Rt Hon Peter Riddell CBE * September 2021–: William Shawcross CVO

References

External links

The Commissioner for Public Appointments' website
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