non-departmental public body
C3811
concept
A non-departmental public body is an organization that operates at arm’s length from government departments to carry out public functions, often with its own board and a degree of operational independence while remaining publicly accountable.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| statutory body | 210 |
| non-departmental public body canonical | 115 |
| non‑departmental public body | 33 |
| Statutory body | 6 |
| quasi-public agency | 4 |
| NHS statutory body | 2 |
| former non-departmental public body | 2 |
| independent complaints body | 2 |
| Independent public body | 1 |
| United Kingdom non-departmental public body | 1 |
| decentralized public body | 1 |
| former non‑departmental public body | 1 |
| independent public agency | 1 |
| non‑executive oversight body | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: non-departmental public body
Generated description
A non-departmental public body is an organization that operates at arm’s length from government departments to carry out public functions, often with its own board and a degree of operational independence while remaining publicly accountable.