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Arms Length Bodies

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 13 February 2025UIN 29024

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled The Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies, published on 15 March 2018, which of the three tests in Chapter 2 the Industrial Strategy C

Answered by Georgia Gould

The Department for Business and Trade is currently working through the approval process to establish the Industrial Strategy Council as an Arm’s Length Body.

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