Ms Fiona Tierney:

Yes, the Chairman has made a helpful point because, at present, it is not our practice to communicate with people who remain on panels to state the Public Appointments Service now has received a request to run a new competition and will be conducting it at whatever time. That is a process improvement we potentially could consider putting in place. It is not part of our current practice and it would be disappointing for us to think many people were not aware of how the process operates. Clearly, however, the Chairman has knowledge of some.