If the Government’s listening exercise can encourage ministers to clarify the lines of accountability, the decentralisation introduced in the Health and Social Care Bill may be more widely accepted. The Institute’s recent report, Nothing to do with me? put forward guiding principles on ministerial accountability within decentralised services.
Posts tagged with ‘ Arm’s length bodies ’
Acceptance of NHS reform could hinge on accountability
Select Committee report demonstrates need for reform
Everyone agrees the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) needs not only to be independent, but also be seen to be independent of government. Otherwise it fails the credibility test. The Treasury Select Committee has therefore concluded the only way of giving it that degree of independence is to make it a non-Ministerial department.
Closing quangos: lessons from Ofcom and the Hearing Aid Council
The latest government cull of Arm’s length bodies (ALBs) may be different in scale and speed from anything we have seen in the recent past – but there are many useful lessons out there on how to navigate through the minefield. In particular it pays to learn from those who have already been through...







