Question follow-through · 47402

Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Arms Length Bodies have been created since July 2024.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
25 Apr 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Arms Length Bodies have been created since July 2024.

  2. 25 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    Cabinet Office maintains records and oversight of formally established Arm’s Length Bodies. As stated in my previous answer of 8 January 2025, no ALBs have been formally established since 4 July 2024.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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