Public appointments made without competition, 2017/18–25/26

A column chart from the Institute for Government showing the number of public appointments made without competition from 2017/18 to 2025/26. The number reached a peak of 69 in 2020/21, before dropping then starting to increase again.

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of OCPA, 'Annual Report', 2012/13–2021/22 and OCPA, 'Appointments made without competition', 2022/23–2025/26Notes: *Data for 2025/26 is to September 2025. Public appointments are appointments usually for a chair or non-executive director for a board of a public body, or for a member of an advisory committee.Get the dataEmbed Download image