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Asked by Sir Julian LewisConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 30 October 2025UIN 85059

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many quangos his Department has dealings with; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the number of these bodies.

Answered by Anna Turley

‘Quangos’ is an obsolete term. They are now called Arm’s Length Bodies.

The list of all Government Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) can be found here [https://co-public-bodies.github.io/ALB_Landscape_Analysis_2023_24/08%20profilePagesIndex.html] along with the details of the 11 ALBs that Cabinet Office directly sponsors.

In April the Government announced a review of all ALBs across government with a view to streamline governance and reduce bureaucracy. This review is ongoing.

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