A question on #ArmsLengthBodies tabled by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 07-05-2025 has been answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent.

Heading: Arms Length Bodies
Question ID: 1800761
UIN: HL7225
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-05-07
Asking Member ID: 4689
Asking Member display name: Lord Agnew of Oulton
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lord Agnew of Oulton
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Cabinet Office exercises oversight or control over the location of arm’s-length bodies; and if so, what form that oversight or control takes.
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Date answered: 2025-05-27
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4508
Answering Member display name: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Answering Member handle: RuthAnderson
Answering Member Twitter reference: @RuthAnderson
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Answer text: As part of the Places for Growth programme, the Cabinet Office engages with departments that have arm's-length bodies (ALBs) based in London, to encourage them to be located outside of London, increasing the geographic diversity of the Civil Service. In a...
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Answering body ID: 53
Answering body name: Cabinet Office
Tweeted: true