Policy paper

Governance Code foron Public Appointments

The Governance Code foron Public Appointments sets out the process and principles that should underpin all public appointments made to bodies listed in the Public Appointments Order in Council.

From:
Cabinet Office
Published
16 December 2016
Last updated
249 JulyFebruary 20232024 — See all updates

Documents

Governance Code foron Public Appointments (PDF)

PDF, 164132 KB, 15 pages

Governance Code on Public Appointments (HTML)

HTML

Details

The Governance Code foron Public Appointments sets out the process and principles that should underpin all public appointments made to bodies listed in the Public Appointments Appointments Order in Council(pdf,Council (pdf, 240 KB).

ThePublic Governanceappointments Codeto drawsbodies listed on the recommendationsOrder andin conclusionsCouncil ofare theregulated reviewby ofthe publicindependent Commissioner appointmentsfor leadPublic by Sir Gerry Grimstone.Appointments.

ReadThe SirGovernance Gerry’sCode reportwas andfirst thepublished governmentin responseDecember on2016, thefollowing a review of public appointments processled by Sir Gerry Grimstone.

Public appointmentsA minor update was issued in February 2024, to bodiesfulfil listeda oncommitment made by the OrderGovernment in Councilresponse areto three regulatedreports byon strengthening theethics independentand Commissionerintegrity forin Publiccentral Appointmentsgovernment.

Published 16 December 2016
Last updated 249 JulyFebruary 20232024 + show all updates

  1. Updated with the latest version of the document: Governance Code on Public Appointments

  2. Updated the link to the 'Order in Council' document

  3. Updated links.