| Heading: |
Arms Length Bodies |
| Question ID: |
1805280 |
| UIN: |
HL7729 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4689 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Agnew of Oulton
|
| Asking Member handle: |
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Agnew of Oulton
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many arm’s-length bodies are sponsored by more than one department; and for each such body, what is the name and sponsoring department. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-06-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| 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
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
An arm’s-length body (ALB) is formally sponsored by a single department, with accountability provided through a responsible Accounting Officer. While some ALBs maintain important policy relationships with multiple government departments, this is typically... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |