| Heading: |
Arms Length Bodies: Parliamentary Scrutiny |
| Question ID: |
1788414 |
| UIN: |
41289 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5169 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Charlie Dewhirst
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| Asking Member handle: |
charliedewhirst
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@charliedewhirst
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through which mechanisms non-ministerial departments are accountable to Parliament. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5305 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Georgia Gould
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| Answering Member handle: |
georgia_gould
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@georgia_gould
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| Answer text: |
A non-ministerial department (NMD) is a government department, but one that does not have its own minister. An individual NMD is accountable to Parliament through its sponsoring ministers, and the NMD Permanent Secretary, who is the accounting officer. No... |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |