The Public Bodies Act 2011 (c. 24) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning public bodies.
Background The act was passed to enable what the Cameron-Clegg coalition government described as the bonfire of the quangos.
When the act was passed there were approximately 900 quangos.
Provisions The act enables ministers the ability to establish, merge or abolish public bodies through secondary legislation. This must be approved by Parliament.
The government is required to consider the views of select committees.
The act requires the government to secure sufficient funding for S4C.
Impact From 2010 levels, the number of arm's-length bodies had reduced by 200 in January 2013, by 285 in March 2015 and by 378 in March 2018.
Further developments When reviewing the government's use of the act in 2014, the Public Administration Select Committee recommended a simpler classification system for public bodies.
Further reading Dommett, K and Flinders, M (2014) ‘The Centre Strikes Back: Meta-Governance, Delegation, and the Core Executive in the UK, 2010-2014, Public Administration, 93:1 pp. 1–16 House of Commons Hansard, http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/ House of Lords Hansard, http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/lords/
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