Public Administration Committee - First Report
Who's accountable? Relationships between Government and arm's-length bodies

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 4 November 2014.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Public bodies in the UK: a taxonomy

3 The Government's public bodies reforms to date

4 Sponsorship of public bodies by government departments: the importance of relationships

Governance of relationships between public bodies and Whitehall departments

Sponsorship

Crises

5 Public appointments

Roles and responsibilities

Regulation

Reappointment procedures

Diversity

6 Bodies accountable to Parliament

Parliamentary questions

7 Transparency

8 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex: Extract from Cabinet Office written evidence

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 10 November 2014