Question follow-through · 37433
National Energy System Operator
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled The Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies, updated on 15 March 2018, whether his Department's public bodies team assessed the National
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled The Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies, updated on 15 March 2018, whether his Department's public bodies team assessed the National
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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19 Mar 2025
Answer published
The National Energy Systems Operator (NESO) is a public corporation and is therefore not administratively classified as an arm’s-length body. The guidance entitled ‘The Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies’ did not apply to NESO f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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