Arms Length Bodies
Lords · Question HL13132 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 2 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
To ask His Majesty's Government what work they plan to undertake to make arm's-length bodies and the arm's-length body landscape more effective, efficient and accountable.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 2 Jan 2026
As announced on 6th April 2025, the Government is conducting a full-scale review of arm's-length bodies in order to reduce the duplication of work by public bodies, improve efficiency, reduce unnecessary costs, and improve transparency. This review is ong...