Public Appointments
Northern Ireland
Michael Weir (Angus, Scottish National Party)
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when her Department last assessed the (a) utility and (b) value of psychometric testing in its recruitment and selection of candidates for public appointments on advisory boards.
Michael Penning (Hemel Hempstead, Conservative)
My Department does not use psychometric testing in the recruitment and selection of candidates for any public appointments.