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Recommendation 7
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While successive governments have consolidated some public bodies, they have also set up new bodies,...
Recommendation
While successive governments have consolidated some public bodies, they have also set up new bodies, including small ones. When our predecessor Public Accounts Committee reported on arm’s-length bodies in 2021, it found that, despite the guidance that creating a new arm’s-length body should be a “last resort”, government often did not rigorously consider the alternatives to setting up a new arm’s-length body.8
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 4 August 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗