The Independent Safeguarding Authority is yet another Quango set up by Government, this time with the remit:
Our role is to help prevent unsuitable people from working with »»
Filed under: Bureaucrats | Home Office, Independent Safeguarding Authority, ISA, Quango, Vetting and Safeguarding Policy Unit|3 Comments
Gordon Brown promised a ‘…bonfire of the Quango’s…’ before Labour came to power, claiming that they were ‘..often government in secret, free from full public scrutiny…’. But 13 out of 16 Whitehall departments failed to reduce their spending on Quango’s and seven departments have created new ones, with more in the pipeline.
Filed under: Bureaucrats | Department for Children Schools and Families, Department for Innovation Universities and Skills, Ed Balls, John Denham, Learning Skills Council, Mark Haysom, Quango|1 Comment