questionText: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Classification Of Public Bodies: Guidance For Department, published on 27 April 2016, whether it is his policy that setting up new public bodies should be a last resort.
answerText: It is for the relevant Ministers to decide if policy within their portfolio should be delivered through the creation of a new public body. The Cabinet Office and the Treasury have a detailed process in place for the approval of new public bodies to ensure...
heading: Public Bodies