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<p>The Cabinet Office classifies a group of central government public bodies as arms-length
bodies (ALBs), sometimes referred to as 'quangos'. These include Non-Ministerial Departments,
Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As
of 2023, there are 308 classified ALBs, compared to 832 in 2009. This decrease is
due to successive government efforts resulting in the closures of bodies, mergers
of two or more bodies together, and classification changes that removed bodies from
having ALB status (whilst still remaining operational).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The
2010-15 Public Bodies Reform Programme drove the most significant change in this period,
reducing the number of public bodies by over 290 through abolishing more than 190
and merging over 165 into fewer than 70.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A list of
all the bodies reformed (including those which were abolished and wound down) as a
result of the Public Bodies Reform Programme 2010-15 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2015"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2015</a>.</p><p>
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