Written Question·Leader of the House·UIN 24242
Arms Length Bodies: Parliamentary Questions
Tabled: 15 January 2025
Answered: 23 January 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance her Department has issued on how the policy and work of non-ministerial departments can be scrutinised by (a) oral and (b) written Parliamentary Questions.
Answer
Lucy PowellThe Ministerial Code gives guidance to Ministers on their responsibilities. Section 1.6(a) states that “Ministers have a duty to Parliament to account, and be held to account, for the policies, decisions and actions of their departments and agencies”. It ...
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