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|{{WDTK|British Educational Communications and Technology Agency|becta}} | |||
|No longer an NDPB - Abolish body and transfer some functions to the Department for Education, as previously announced | |||
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|{{WDTK|Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service|cafcass}} | |||
|Under Consideration - Being considered by the Family Justice Review Panel as part of a full review of the family justice system, reporting in 2011 | |||
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|{{WDTK|Children's Workforce Development Council|cwdc}} | |||
|Under Consideration - Options being considered with an announcement being made before the end of 2010 | |||
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|{{WDTK|General Teaching Council for England|general_teaching_council_for_england}} | |||
|No longer an NDPB - Abolish body as part of the Government’s wider plans to streamline and improve arrangements for tackling underperforming teachers, as previously announced | |||
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|{{WDTK|Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy|tpiag}} | |||
|No longer an NDPB - Abolish once the existing remit for the group comes to an end in December 2010. Arrangements to be made for access to expert advice to Government as required | |||
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|{{WDTK|National College|national_college}} | |||
|Under Consideration - Options being considered with an announcement being made before the end of 2010 | |||
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|{{WDTK|Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)|ofqual}} | |||
|Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which requires impartiality. Introduce legislation to strengthen governance arrangements | |||
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|{{WDTK|Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)|ofsted}} | |||
|Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which requires impartiality. Reform inspection functions to increase proportionality and reduce burdens | |||
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|{{WDTK|Partnerships for Schools Ltd|partnerships_for_schools}} | |||
|Under Consideration - Subject to the overarching review of Department for Education’s capital expenditure, to be completed in December 2010 | |||
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|{{WDTK|Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency|qcda}} | |||
|No longer an NDPB - Abolish body and transfer some functions (including key activities such as National Curriculum Tests) to the Department for Education, as previously announced | |||
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|{{WDTK|School Food Trust|school_food_trust}} | |||
|No longer an NDPB - Abolish NDPB status, but continue as a charity with the potential to become a community interest company | |||
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|School Support Staff Negotiating Body | |||
|Under Consideration - Subject to further discussions with employer and union representatives | |||
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|{{WDTK|School Teachers' Review Body|school_teachers_review_body}} | |||
|Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires political impartiality | |||
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|{{WDTK|Teachers TV Board of Governors|teachers_tv}} | |||
|No longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions | |||
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|{{WDTK|The Office of the Children’s Commissioner|11_million}} | |||
|Under Consideration - Subject to a formal review to be finalised by the end of November 2010 | |||
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|{{WDTK|Training and Development Agency for Schools|training_and_development_agency_for_schools}} | |||
|Under Consideration - Options being considered with an announcement being made before the end of 2010 | |||
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|{{WDTK|Young People’s Learning Agency|ypla}} | |||
|Under Consideration - Subject to education structural reforms | |||
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Revision as of 18:08, 14 October 2010
A number of non-departmental government bodies / quangos have been named as being up for abolition, merger or absorption into parent departments, as part of the Coalition Government's Spending Review, due this autumn. This has been widely dubbed in the press as a "bonfire of the quangos".
The list of quangos up for review is still being compiled, and there have been a number of clarifications, amendments and retractions as further details come to light.
As dates are confirmed and necessary legislation made, these should be copied into Current events.
- 24/09/2010 - The Telegraph has obtained a list of 177 quangos up for abolition - they are listed in full below.
- 14/10/2010 - According to The Register, the official list is now available, or would be if various government Web sites were working. Happily, someone found it here.
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- from 14th October list
Public Body | Proposed Reforms |
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ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality |
Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal | No longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions |
British Hallmarking Council | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should be independent of Government. Functions to be modified to enable more efficient operation of the hallmarking system |
British Nuclear Fuels Limited | No longer a Public Corporation - Abolish body, subject to transferring remaining assets and liabilities |
British Shipbuilders | No longer a Public Corporation - Abolish body. Remaining functions are already carried out by the department |
Capital for Enterprise Limited | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should be independent of Government |
Central Arbitration Committee | Merge - Merge with Certification Office |
Certification Office | Merge - Merge with Central Arbitration Committee |
Competition Appeals Tribunal | Retain - Retain and consider, by July 2011, the case for transferring the sponsorship of the CAT to the MoJ tribunal service |
Competition Commission | Merge - Government will consult in the new year on a merger with the competition functions of the Office of Fair Trading |
Competition Service | No longer an NDPB - By April 2011, consider the case for abolition and transfer of functions to MoJs tribunal service |
Construction Industry Training Board | Under consideration - Complete consideration by November 2010 of transferring body and functions to private sector status |
Consumer Focus | No longer an NDPB - Government will consider the outcome of ongoing sectoral reviews and consult early next year on proposals to abolish Consumer Focus and transfer its function to Citizens Advice |
Copyright Tribunal | No longer an NDPB - Subject to final agreement, transfer jurisdiction of this tribunal into MoJ’s tribunal service |
Design Council | No longer an NDPB - Seek to establish as an independent charity, subject to Privy Council agreement |
Export Credit Guarantee Department This body is a Department in its own right. The Rt Hon Vince Cable is the Secretary of State responsible |
Retain - Retain on the grounds of performing a technical function |
Export Guarantees Advisory Council This body reports to the Export Credit Guarantee Department. The Rt Hon Vince Cable is the Secretary of State responsible |
Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function |
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board | Under consideration - Complete consideration by November 2010 of transferring body and functions to private sector status |
Film Industry Training Board | Under consideration - Complete consideration by November 2010 of transferring body and functions to private sector status |
Financial Reporting Council | Retain and substantially reform - Remove reliance on Government funding |
Hearing Aid Council | No longer an NDPB - Abolished in July 2010 and reformed functions transferred to Health Professions Council |
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality |
Industrial Development Advisory Board | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government |
Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal | Under consideration - As part of Insolvency Service consultation on licensing of insolvency practitioners to be issued November 2010 |
Local Better Regulation Office | Under consideration - Primary Authority and other deregulatory functions will be maintained and an appropriate delivery mechanism to provide independent technical expertise will be announced by December |
Low Pay Commission | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality |
NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) | No longer an NDPB - Seek to establish as an independent charity. Endowment to be held in a separate trust |
Ofcom | Merge - The postal services regulator, Postcomm, will be merged into Ofcom. Several Ofcom duties will be removed or modified |
Office for Fair Access | Under consideration - Proposals on the future of the Office for Fair Access will be made in the White Paper on the future strategy for higher education to be published by the end of the year |
Office of Fair Trading | Merge - Government will consult in the New Year on a merger of OFT's competition functions with the Competition Commission and transfer of consumer and enforcement functions |
Office of Manpower Economics | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality |
Postcomm | Merge - Postcomm will be merged with the communications industry regulator - Ofcom |
Regional Development Agencies (x 8) | No longer an NDPB - RDAs will be abolished and functions which are to be retained will be transferred to central or local government and others, as previously announced |
Research Councils (x 7) | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality |
Royal Mail Holdings Plc | Retain - Transfer Royal Mail to private sector over time |
SITPRO Ltd | No longer an NDPB - Abolished at the end of September and remaining functions transferred to department |
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property | No longer an NDPB - Body and some functions abolished, remainder transferred to UK Intellectual Property Office |
Student Loans Company | Under consideration - Proposals on the future of the Student Loan Company will be made in the White Paper on the future strategy for higher education to be published by the end of the year |
Technology Strategy Board | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality |
UK Atomic Energy Authority | Under consideration - Complete by October 2010 consideration of whether functions could be carried out more effectively elsewhere |
UK Commission for Employment and Skills | Under consideration - Complete review by end of year of core functions and the most appropriate organisational model to deliver a simplified skills landscape across the UK |
UKTI (UK Trade International) This body is a Department in its own right. The Rt Hon Vince Cable is the Secretary of State responsible |
Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function |
Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board | No longer an NDPB - Abolish body and function. No further rounds will be held of the Union Modernisation Fund so the work of the Board is complete |
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body (WAB) | No longer an NDPB - Abolished at the end of September and remaining functions transferred to department |
- Earlier announcement: [1], which also listed:
Cabinet Office
- All from 14th October announcement
Public Body | Propose Reforms |
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Advisory Committee on Business Appointments | Retain - Retain on the grounds of impartiality |
Capacitybuilders | No longer an NDPB - Alternative delivery for capacity building activity is under review |
Central Office of Information | Under consideration - Pending a review of Government advertising to be finalised by the end of November |
Charity Commission for England and Wales | Retain - Retain on the grounds of impartiality |
Civil Service Appeal Board | No longer an NDPB - Any residual work will be accommodated elsewhere within the Civil Service. It is likely to take 12 months to wind down the current workload |
Commission for the Compact | No longer an NDPB - The functions of the Commission for the Compact (to champion and promote the Compact) will be carried out by Compact Voice and the Cabinet Office respectively |
Committee on Standards in Public Life | Retain - Retain on the grounds of impartiality |
Government Strategic Marketing Advisory Board | No longer an NDPB - GSMAB is no longer an Internal Advisory Committee – any remaining function will be passed to the Efficiency and Reform Group |
House of Lords Appointments Commission | Retain - Retain on the grounds of impartiality |
Main Honours Advisory Committee | No longer an NDPB - Will remain as an advisory group, administered from within the Cabinet Office |
National School of Government | Under consideration - The position will be determined by a broader review of civil service learning and development to report by the end of November |
Office for Civil Society Advisory Body | No longer an NDPB - The Advisory Body will be abolished when the member’s terms of office come to an end on 31/03/11 |
Security Commission | No longer an NDPB - For any breach of security the Government will consider the need for an inquiry, and how it should be conducted |
Security Vetting Appeals Panel | Retain - Retain on the grounds of impartiality |
Senior Salaries Review Body | Retain - Retain on the grounds of impartiality |
Department for Communities and Local Government
- Main announcement: [2]
- To be abolished:
- Government Office for the South-West
- Government Office for the South-East
- Government Office for the East Midlands
- Government Office for the West Midlands
- Government Office for the East of England
- Government Office for the North-West
- Government Office for the Yorkshire & the Humber
- Government Office for the North-East
- Government Office for London
- Regional Spatial Strategies
- Regional Assemblies/Regional Leaders' Boards
- the Regional Development Agencies
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
- Main announcement: [3]
- Changes announced:
- abolishing the UK Film Council and establishing a direct and less bureaucratic relationship with the British Film Institute; this would support front-line services while ensuring greater value for money - Government and Lottery support for film will continue
- abolishing the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to focus efforts on front-line, essential services and ensure greater value for money - Government support for museums, libraries and archives will continue
- merging UK Sport and Sport England, creating a more effective structure to deliver elite sport success and a wider sports legacy from the 2012 games
- DCMS is also looking at:
- abolishing the Advisory Council on Libraries and winding up the Legal Deposit Advisory Panel
- abolishing the Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites
- declassifying the Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships and transferring its functions to another body
- declassifying the Theatres Trust so it can act as an independent statutory advisory body
- looking at its responsibility for heritage and the built environment, and considering the role and remit of English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund
- considering the role of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
- discussing with the Church of England the merits of declassifying the Churches Conservation Trust
- considering whether to change the status, role and functions of Visit England and Visit Britain
- it intends to merge the National Lottery Commission with the Gambling Commission, subject to further consideration of the business case.
Department for Education
- 24/05/2010: Abolition of British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) [4]
- 02/06/2010: Abolition of General Teaching Council for England (GTC) [5]
- Official press release for 14/10/2010: [6]
- from 14th October list
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British Educational Communications and Technology Agency | No longer an NDPB - Abolish body and transfer some functions to the Department for Education, as previously announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service | Under Consideration - Being considered by the Family Justice Review Panel as part of a full review of the family justice system, reporting in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children's Workforce Development Council | Under Consideration - Options being considered with an announcement being made before the end of 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General Teaching Council for England | No longer an NDPB - Abolish body as part of the Government’s wider plans to streamline and improve arrangements for tackling underperforming teachers, as previously announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy | No longer an NDPB - Abolish once the existing remit for the group comes to an end in December 2010. Arrangements to be made for access to expert advice to Government as required | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National College | Under Consideration - Options being considered with an announcement being made before the end of 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which requires impartiality. Introduce legislation to strengthen governance arrangements | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which requires impartiality. Reform inspection functions to increase proportionality and reduce burdens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partnerships for Schools Ltd | Under Consideration - Subject to the overarching review of Department for Education’s capital expenditure, to be completed in December 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency | No longer an NDPB - Abolish body and transfer some functions (including key activities such as National Curriculum Tests) to the Department for Education, as previously announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School Food Trust | No longer an NDPB - Abolish NDPB status, but continue as a charity with the potential to become a community interest company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School Support Staff Negotiating Body | Under Consideration - Subject to further discussions with employer and union representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School Teachers' Review Body | Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires political impartiality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teachers TV Board of Governors | No longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner | Under Consideration - Subject to a formal review to be finalised by the end of November 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Training and Development Agency for Schools | Under Consideration - Options being considered with an announcement being made before the end of 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Young People’s Learning Agency | Under Consideration - Subject to education structural reforms
} update in progress Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Department for Transport
Department of Health
Ministry of Defence
Telegraph list of quangos to be abolished (24/09/2010)Public bodies to be abolished (177 bodies)
(*) = Responsibility devolved to relevant Local Authority Public bodies to be privatised (4 bodies)
Public bodies to be merged or consolidated (Maximum of 129 bodies reduced to Minimum of 57)
Public bodies still under review (94 bodies)
(*) Refers to those National Museums and Galleries in England which are publicly-funded by DCMS and receive rebates of VAT incurred in the course of their activities, in order them to enable free admission to the public. These are:
Other publicly-funded museums (The British Library, The National Army Museum, etc.) are separately referred to in this list, and museums in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a devolved matter (although they also receive rebates of VAT). Public bodies which will be retained (350 bodies) FOI requests to most of these public authorities can be made using WhatDoTheyKnow.com. Direct links to these public authorities can be found here
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