Committee on Standards in Public Life: Upholding Standards in Public Life
USPL-22
Response position Partially accepted
Delivery status In progress
Published November 2021
Addressed to Cabinet Office
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The chairs of ACOBA and HOLAC, the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, the Commissioner for Public Appointments and the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests should all be appointed through the process for significant public appointments, and the assessment panel for each should have a majority of independent members.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Upholding Standards in Public Life, November 2021
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Chairs of ACOBA, HOLAC and CSPL are appointed via the process for significant public appointments, while the Commissioner for Public Appointments is appointed via an equivalent process. The Government believes that the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests should continue to be a direct ministerial appointment. The Government does not believe that these appointments require an extra layer of independent oversight (either through a panel having a majority of independent members, or the granting of a veto to the relevant select committee).
From: HM Government. Source document ↗
Assessment by the issuing body
Assessment (the Committee's words)
Partially met