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Arms Length Bodies

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 20 June 2025UIN 59960

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2025, what estimate he has made of the number of new Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisations which will be created.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Proposals for new bodies are subject to the ongoing ALB review, announced by the Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster on 6 April, to ensure their existence can be strongly justified against key principles.

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