Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 57243

Arms Length Bodies

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 12 June 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the (a) number and (b) cost of arms length bodies; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland on this

Answer

Georgia Gould
The government is conducting a full line-by-line Spending Review which will cover the costs of proposed and existing ALBs to ensure value for money is being delivered for the taxpayer.On 6 April, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster announced a full r...
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