Government’s delivery through arm’s-length bodies

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 8 Jun 2021 Closed: 16 Nov 2021 Parliament page
Government uses a range of methods and agencies to carry out its policy objectives, including ‘arm’s length bodies’ . Government arm’s length bodies are used to deliver around £200 billion of public policy expenditure a year, and employ approximately 300,000 staff. They perform a variety of different functions across government … Read more
9 Recommendations
11 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
14 Dec
2021
Report published
24 Sep
2021
Report published
5 Jul
2021
Oral evidence
30 Jun
2021
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
5 Jul 2021
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Government’s delivery through arm’s-length bodies
Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office Antonia Romeo · Ministry of Justice Cat Little · Cabinet Office Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eighteenth Report - Government’s delivery through arm’s-length b… HC 181 24 Sep 2021 20 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
1 Conclusion Not Addressed
Eighteenth Report - Government’s d…
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, the Ministry of Justice and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on central government oversight of ALBs.1
Government Response
The government's response provides a general introduction to the report on arm's-length bodies (ALBs) and the role of departments in their oversight, but does not specifically address the committee's introductory conclusion about taking evidence.
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Government Response AI assessment · 16 of 9 classified
Accepted 15
Not Addressed 1
Total 9 recs + 11 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
30 Jun 2021 To committee Correspondence from letter from Alex Chisholm, Permanent Secretary, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office, re Arm’s Length Bodies, dated 23 June 2021
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