Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 2 January (HL13132), whether the arm's length bodies (ALB) review described as "recently completed" in paragraph 2.84 of the November 2025 Budget is a separate review to the one described as ongoing in this answer; and whether the decision to close NHS England, announced on 13 March 2025, was a result of either of these ALB reviews.

The reference in paragraph 2.84 of the November 2025 Budget refers to the arm's length body review that was launched on 6 April 2025. That review is ongoing. The decision to close NHS England, announced on 13 March 2025, predates the launch of the arm's length bodies (ALB) review.