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Annual update for 2014 on the broad range of public bodies, sometimes known as quangos, sponsored by the UK government.
This report provides data for each executive agency, non-departmental public body, and non-ministerial department as of 31 March 2017.
This report provides data for each executive agency, non-departmental public body, and non-ministerial department for 2016.
Annual update for 2015 on the broad range of public bodies, sometimes known as quangos, sponsored by the UK government.
This report provides data for each executive agency, non-departmental public body and non-ministerial department, as of 31 March 2018.
Details of the broad range of public bodies, sometimes known as quangos, sponsored by the UK government.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Judge Bishopp and Judge Hellier on 16 August 2013.
Notes on: "The cost of bureaucracy and the number of public bodies will be reduced."
The Public Bodies Act has received Royal Assent: this is expected to increase the transparency and accountability of public bodies.
The government is now more than halfway through the first wave of its quango reform programme, saving at least £1.4bn for the taxpayer.
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