Non-departmental Public Bodies (Hansard, 19 July 2001)

HC Deb 19 July 2001 vol 372 c457W 457W

§ Mr. Francois
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans his Department has to reduce the number of Government NDPBs. [5519]

§ Mr. Leslie
This Government have reduced the number of quangos (or non-departmental public bodies to use the official classification) by around 10 per cent. since 1997. This means that numbers now stand at their lowest level for over 20 years. Individual NDPBs are subject to regular review and we continue to work hard to ensure that the overall number of quangos is kept to a minimum.