Written Question·Treasury·UIN 22455

Arms Length Bodies

Tabled: 7 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025

Question

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 14108 on Arm’s Length Bodies, on what statutory basis Permanent Secretaries rather than Ministers approve framework agreements.

Answer

Darren Jones
Permanent Secretaries are appointed as Accounting Officers for their departments by the Treasury under section 5 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. They are directly responsible to Parliament for ensuring that their department's use of pub...
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