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Public Bodies 2016

My Honourable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Chris Skidmore) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Public Bodies are a crucial part of how Government delivers its priorities. Well-governed, effective and efficient public bodies help contribute to building public trust in Government at a time when this has never been more important.

CO is collaborating across Government, engaging with senior leaders and Non-Executive Directors from departments and arm’s-length bodies to promote good governance, disseminate best practice and drive reform. Together, we aim to deliver a more cost-effective, transparent and simplified landscape that is better able to meet the needs of the people it serves.

Public Bodies 2016 is an annual Directory which provides a single source of top-level cost and non-cost data on all executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and non-ministerial departments. It also sets out the government’s strategy for public bodies reform for the remainder of the Parliament.

The Cabinet Office will today publish Public Bodies 2016 and I am also placing it in the Library of the House.