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Home Office: Non-departmental Public Bodies

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Question for Home Office

UIN 38853, tabled on 17 March 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford
Conservative
Mid Leicestershire
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing non-departmental public bodies on (a) her Department's costs and (b) democratic accountability.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Labour
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Commons

Answered on

20 March 2025

We keep all bodies sponsored and funded by the Home Office under review, to ensure they are delivering public outcomes efficiently and effectively.

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