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Office for Students: Reviews

Question for Department for Education

UIN 147160, tabled on 17 February 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Public Bodies Review Programme 2023-24 will report on its review of the Office for Students.

Answered on

22 February 2023

The Cabinet Office has not yet published the list of public bodies to be prioritised for review in the 2023/24 financial year.

It is currently the intention that the Office for Students will be reviewed under the Public Bodies Review Programme from autumn 2023, with findings likely published by the end of the financial year. These timings may change.

Cabinet Office guidance outlines the requirements for reviews of public bodies, including the new requirements covering governance, accountability, efficacy and efficiency of arm’s length bodies.

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