Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 5660
Population: Advisory Bodies
Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a cross-government independent advisory body to consider the (a) short and long term effects of population growth in the UK.
Answer
Ms Abena Oppong-AsareThere are no current plans to create an independent advisory body on the effects of population growth. The effects of population growth and other demographic shifts are already considered as part of wider work in government.