“Central government has reorganised itself 90 times in the last four years but around half of the 25 government departments created since 1980 no longer exist.  This compares poorly to the US, where the federal government has created just two new departments over the same period, both of which are still open for business today.     nbsp;

“Whitehall has also become a massive quango generator.  Between 2005 and 2009, over 70 quangoes were either created, rearranged or scrapped.  Nobody can really say how much this has cost because there is no requirement for departments or quangoes to set a budget for reorganisation nor to tell anyone what the final cost was. 

“Reorganisations can be necessary and beneficial if done sparingly, but Whitehall’s mania for making changes to the machinery of government is beginning to look like an identity crisis.   This must stop.  The government must limit itself to reorganisations where there is an undeniable case for change, where there is a properly costed reorganisation budget and where there is full transparency over the costs”.