Meanwhile, the MPs say government has not made the case that these reforms will improve accountability.
"At the outset, both accountability and value for money were considerations, but the extent to which quangos reform would yield significant savings was probably exaggerated," the report states.
"This created a false expectation that the review would deliver greater savings than it has been able to realise.
"Consequently, the government appears unsure about the extent to which the reform will result in significant savings for the taxpayer."
As part of the quango cull, the government has proposed that the Youth Justice Board (YJB) should be abolished while the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) will lose government funding and its non-departmental public body (NDPB) status.
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