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Recommendation 11
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Cabinet Office lacks comprehensive data on total non-executive directors serving across government boards.
Recommendation
The Cabinet Office does not know how many NEDs in total are serving on all government boards, including ALBs and government companies. The Cabinet Office and the Commissioner for Public Appointments collect data on regulated public appointments. However, the available data do not differentiate between types of public appointments, so they do not show how many appointments are for NEDs. The government’s Public Appointments Data Report 2021–22 reported 4,476 chairs and members in post at regulated government bodies as at 31 March 2022, of which NEDs were a subset.18
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 11 July 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗