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Arms Length Bodies

Commons · Question 44566 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2025

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Asked by James Wild

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the (a) number and (b) administrative costs of arms length bodies.

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Answered by Georgia Gould, 22 Apr 2025

The Prime Minister has commissioned departments to assess all current and proposed arms length bodies against new principles to determine which should continue, close, merge, or have functions returned to departments. This is part of the government's miss...