Anybody care join me in guessing what Quangos are we going to lose on Monday?

[RedTartanLass]

Quangos are to face massive cuts when the government announced they were cutting £6 billion on public spending and does anyone want to hazard a guess who they're going to be?

It is going to make such a difference to my job that I'm hopping about getting quite excited about it [saddo emoticon]

Def think RDAs are for the chop, anyone else care have any ideas?

Do the Monkey Protection League qualify?

Is the MPL another name for the Government Office for London, just been announced today that they've been scrapped!

Arts Council
(or it will be slimmed down massively)

QCDA, without a doubt.
Fingers crossed that the HEA (Higher Education Academy) will go too.

The list of the quangos that the Lib Dems proposed to cut at the September 2009 conference is here (scroll down to the "A Better Politics for Less" link at the end of the article)

although that was a paper put forward by Nick Clegg - don't think it became official party policy.

So List so far

RDAs
Arts Council
QCDA

Anymore for anymore?

Think we probably need the QCDA in some shape or form, but it needs to set the bar higher for the exams, not continually lower.

The HSE?

So

RDAs
Arts Council
QCDA
HSE
HEA

Mmmm think I see some sort of pattern here, maybe if the Quango is an acronym it gets axed, but QUANGO itself is an acronym

Apparantly police minister Nick Herbert said the National Police Improvement Agency quango is under review as well!!

List of quangos here

tpa.typepad.com/bettergovernment/files/080515_structure_of_government_1_unseen_govern mentimmediaterelease.pdf

Who knew the British Potato Council had a staff of 49 and expenditure of £6.5 million a year?

British Waterways is considering becoming a charity instead of a quango.

QVC
JOE90
MFI
TFIFRIDAY
SPG

QCDA gone as is BECTA.

I am rooting to lose the QCA or QCDA, whatever they have changed their name to at considerable cost.

It's QANGO, not Quango.

Quasi-autonomous non-government organisation (howzat for O-grade geography, c1980).

HSE - as in Health and Safety executive? Surely I'm reading that wrong?

Can't imagine HSE going. We have always had it and it is very important.

The Carbon Trust I reckon, they're quite big spenders I think.

The School Food Trust?

QCDA is saved has to cutback but lives to see another day, glad Surestart is saved though.

I'm interested in what the impact of BECTA going will be. In an old job of mine I had to deal with BECTA directly (not from education side, from the business side), and it was a whole bunch of jumping through hoops just to be on some preferred supplier list - it was incredible how they were wasting time getting in the way of schools purchasing from whoever they wanted to. It was getting to the point where they were just not necessary, IMHO, so it's a good but painful thing to get rid of at this time. I want to see the health in pregnancy grant going, and less bureaucracy in schools, particularly external testing.

QCDA isn't saved, it's just a stay of execution. To abolish it would require legislation, so my guess is they make it cut back severely now, and put the legislation through to abolish it in the next year.

And as for the name change - it wouldn't surprise me if they changed the name again to reflect its new role!

MrsJasmin, the abolition of QCDA won't lead to less external testing unfortunately. The government (or at least, the Tories) have already said they want more rigorous testing.

Blueberry- but to make it prounaouncable the Qu of quasi has been included ever since they were invented.

It's Quango.

QCDA going in the Autumn!

GTC to go as well in the paper today. That'll save me money, as I pay my fee even though I am not teaching, so don't get it back.

Arts Council hasn't gone, just cut back....