New watchdogs: public appointments commissioners

Robert Pyper

New watchdogs: public appointments commissioners

Robert Pyper

Politics

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

1 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) was described in the original Constitution Unit report (Gay and Winetrobe, 2003: 30-31) as one of the ‘nonstatutory Nolan watchdogs’ and is listed in Oonagh Gay’s chapter in this Report as one of the ‘Cabinet Office watchdogs’. These labels tell us only part of the story, however. While the office of the original, founding Commissioner remains non-statutory and part of the ‘Cabinet Office family’, the development of the OCPA system in the period since the 2003 report has produced two new Commissioners, neither of whom is directly linked to the Cabinet Office, and one of which has a statutory basis.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Parliament’s Watchdogs: At The Crossroads
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	The Constitution Unit, UCL
ISBN (Print)	9781903903490
Publication status	Published - 2008

Fingerprint

Keywords

government
Cabinet Office

Cite this

Pyper, R. (2008). New watchdogs: public appointments commissioners. In Parliament’s Watchdogs: At The Crossroads The Constitution Unit, UCL. http://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/lss/173

@inbook{437bc82d477742c49522727c63801f59,

title = "New watchdogs: public appointments commissioners",

abstract = "The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) was described in the original Constitution Unit report (Gay and Winetrobe, 2003: 30-31) as one of the {\textquoteleft}nonstatutory Nolan watchdogs{\textquoteright} and is listed in Oonagh Gay{\textquoteright}s chapter in this Report as one of the {\textquoteleft}Cabinet Office watchdogs{\textquoteright}. These labels tell us only part of the story, however. While the office of the original, founding Commissioner remains non-statutory and part of the {\textquoteleft}Cabinet Office family{\textquoteright}, the development of the OCPA system in the period since the 2003 report has produced two new Commissioners, neither of whom is directly linked to the Cabinet Office, and one of which has a statutory basis.",

keywords = "government, Cabinet Office",

author = "Robert Pyper",

note = "<p>Published by The Constitution Unit, UCL (2008), ISBN: 9781903903490. Edited by O. Gay and B.K. Winetrobe.</p> Unknown publisher copyright policy for book chapters. ET 6-12-13",

year = "2008",

language = "English",

isbn = "9781903903490",

booktitle = "Parliament{\textquoteright}s Watchdogs: At The Crossroads",

publisher = "The Constitution Unit, UCL",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - New watchdogs: public appointments commissioners

AU - Pyper, Robert

N1 - <p>Published by The Constitution Unit, UCL (2008), ISBN: 9781903903490. Edited by O. Gay and B.K. Winetrobe.</p> Unknown publisher copyright policy for book chapters. ET 6-12-13

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) was described in the original Constitution Unit report (Gay and Winetrobe, 2003: 30-31) as one of the ‘nonstatutory Nolan watchdogs’ and is listed in Oonagh Gay’s chapter in this Report as one of the ‘Cabinet Office watchdogs’. These labels tell us only part of the story, however. While the office of the original, founding Commissioner remains non-statutory and part of the ‘Cabinet Office family’, the development of the OCPA system in the period since the 2003 report has produced two new Commissioners, neither of whom is directly linked to the Cabinet Office, and one of which has a statutory basis.

AB - The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) was described in the original Constitution Unit report (Gay and Winetrobe, 2003: 30-31) as one of the ‘nonstatutory Nolan watchdogs’ and is listed in Oonagh Gay’s chapter in this Report as one of the ‘Cabinet Office watchdogs’. These labels tell us only part of the story, however. While the office of the original, founding Commissioner remains non-statutory and part of the ‘Cabinet Office family’, the development of the OCPA system in the period since the 2003 report has produced two new Commissioners, neither of whom is directly linked to the Cabinet Office, and one of which has a statutory basis.

KW - government

KW - Cabinet Office

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9781903903490

BT - Parliament’s Watchdogs: At The Crossroads

PB - The Constitution Unit, UCL

CY - London

ER -

Documents and Links

http://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/lss/173