Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 41289
Arms Length Bodies: Parliamentary Scrutiny
Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025
Question
Charlie Dewhirst
Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through which mechanisms non-ministerial departments are accountable to Parliament.
Answer
Georgia GouldA non-ministerial department (NMD) is a government department, but one that does not have its own minister. An individual NMD is accountable to Parliament through its sponsoring ministers, and the NMD Permanent Secretary, who is the accounting officer. No...
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