Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) names and (b) annual cost is of each ongoing independent commission set up by the Government.

Information on the wider public bodies landscape is published in the publication Public Bodies. The latest version, Public Bodies 2014, sets out that, as at 31 March 2014, there were 450 non departmental public bodies, 41 executive agencies and 24 non ministerial departments. Further data, including on their expenditure and Government funding can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2014. Comprehensive information relating to ongoing independent commissions across government, other than those referenced in this document, is not held centrally.