Question follow-through · 16224

Public Bodies: Business Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will set a timeline for introducing central electronic registers for all public bodies; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making these registers public.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
26 Nov 2024
Target answer date
28 Nov 2024
Answer
4 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will set a timeline for introducing central electronic registers for all public bodies; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making these registers public.

  2. 28 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The most recent Public Bodies Directory, which contains the details of every administratively classified arms length body, can be found on gov.uk. An updated version will be published in due course.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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