Departments, agencies and public bodies

1. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Ministerial departments

There are 23 Ministerial departments

23

1. Attorney General's Office

   Works with 4 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Crown Prosecution Service
   • Government Legal Department
   • Serious Fraud Office

   Other

   • HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate

2. Cabinet Office

   Works with 23 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive Office

   • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

   Ministerial Department

   • Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
   • Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

   Non-ministerial department

   • UK Statistics Authority

   Executive agency

   • Crown Commercial Service
   • Government Property Agency

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Civil Service Commission
   • Equality and Human Rights Commission

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
   • Boundary Commission for England
   • Boundary Commission for Wales
   • Committee on Standards in Public Life
   • House of Lords Appointments Commission
   • Security Vetting Appeals Panel
   • Senior Salaries Review Body

   Other

   • Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
   • Commissioner for Public Appointments
   • Government Equalities Office
   • Government Estates Management
   • Infrastructure and Projects Authority
   • Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
   • Privy Council Office

   Civil service

   • Civil Service

3. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

   Works with 41 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • HM Land Registry
   • Ofgem

   Executive agency

   • Companies House
   • The Insolvency Service
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Met Office
   • UK Space Agency

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
   • British Hallmarking Council
   • Civil Nuclear Police Authority
   • Coal Authority
   • Committee on Climate Change
   • Competition Service
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Small Business Commissioner
   • UK Atomic Energy Authority
   • UK Research and Innovation

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Committee on Fuel Poverty
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Industrial Development Advisory Board
   • Land Registration Rule Committee
   • Low Pay Commission
   • Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
   • Regulatory Policy Committee

   Tribunal

   • Central Arbitration Committee
   • Competition Appeal Tribunal
   • Copyright Tribunal

   Public corporation

   • Ordnance Survey

   Other

   • British Business Bank
   • Certification Officer
   • Commissioner for Shale Gas
   • Council for Science and Technology
   • Financial Reporting Council
   • Government Office for Science
   • Groceries Code Adjudicator
   • Independent Complaints Reviewer
   • Office of Manpower Economics
   • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
   • Oil and Gas Authority
   • Pubs Code Adjudicator

4. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

   Works with 45 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • The Charity Commission
   • The National Archives

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Arts Council England
   • Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd
   • British Film Institute
   • British Library
   • British Museum
   • Gambling Commission
   • Geffrye Museum
   • Historic England
   • Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust
   • Horserace Betting Levy Board
   • Imperial War Museum
   • Information Commissioner's Office
   • National Gallery
   • National Heritage Memorial Fund
   • The National Lottery Community Fund
   • National Museums Liverpool
   • National Portrait Gallery
   • Natural History Museum
   • Royal Armouries Museum
   • Royal Museums Greenwich
   • Science Museum Group
   • Sir John Soane's Museum
   • Sport England
   • Sports Grounds Safety Authority
   • Tate
   • UK Anti-Doping
   • UK Sport
   • Victoria and Albert Museum
   • VisitBritain
   • VisitEngland
   • Wallace Collection

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives
   • The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
   • The Theatres Trust
   • Treasure Valuation Committee

   Public corporation

   • BBC
   • Channel 4
   • Historic Royal Palaces

   Other

   • Churches Conservation Trust
   • National Citizen Service
   • Ofcom
   • Phone-paid Services Authority
   • S4C

5. Department for Education

   Works with 18 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Ofqual
   • Ofsted

   Executive agency

   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Standards and Testing Agency
   • Teaching Regulation Agency

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Construction Industry Training Board
   • Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
   • Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
   • LocatED
   • Office for Students
   • Office of the Children's Commissioner
   • Social Work England
   • Student Loans Company

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • School Teachers' Review Body
   • Social Mobility Commission

   Other

   • Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
   • Independent Review Mechanism
   • Office of the Schools Adjudicator

6. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

   Works with 33 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Forestry Commission
   • The Water Services Regulation Authority

   Executive agency

   • Animal and Plant Health Agency
   • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
   • Rural Payments Agency
   • Veterinary Medicines Directorate

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
   • Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
   • Consumer Council for Water
   • Environment Agency
   • Joint Nature Conservation Committee
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • National Forest Company
   • Natural England
   • Sea Fish Industry Authority

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
   • Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
   • Science Advisory Council
   • Veterinary Products Committee

   Tribunal

   • Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal

   Other

   • Broads Authority
   • Covent Garden Market Authority
   • Dartmoor National Park Authority
   • Drinking Water Inspectorate
   • Exmoor National Park Authority
   • Lake District National Park Authority
   • New Forest National Park Authority
   • North York Moors National Park Authority
   • Northumberland National Park Authority
   • Peak District National Park Authority
   • South Downs National Park Authority
   • UK Co-ordinating Body
   • Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

7. Department for International Trade

8. Department for Transport

   Works with 24 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Office of Rail and Road

   Executive agency

   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
   • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
   • Vehicle Certification Agency

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • British Transport Police Authority
   • Directly Operated Railways Limited
   • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
   • Northern Lighthouse Board
   • Transport Focus
   • Trinity House

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise

   Tribunal

   • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

   Public corporation

   • Civil Aviation Authority
   • Crossrail International
   • London and Continental Railways Limited

   Other

   • Air Accidents Investigation Branch
   • DfT OLR Holdings Limited
   • Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
   • East West Railway Company Limited
   • Highways England
   • Marine Accident Investigation Branch
   • Network Rail
   • Rail Accident Investigation Branch

9. Department for Work & Pensions

   Works with 15 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Disabled People’s Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd
   • Health and Safety Executive
   • The Pensions Advisory Service
   • The Pensions Regulator
   • Single Financial Guidance Body

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
   • Social Security Advisory Committee

   Tribunal

   • The Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman
   • The Pensions Ombudsman

   Public corporation

   • National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation
   • Office for Nuclear Regulation
   • Pension Protection Fund

   Other

   • BPDTS Ltd
   • Independent Case Examiner
   • Remploy Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd

10. Department of Health & Social Care

    Works with 29 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
    • Public Health England

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Care Quality Commission
    • Health Education England
    • Health Research Authority
    • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
    • Human Tissue Authority
    • NHS Blood and Transplant
    • NHS Business Services Authority
    • NHS Digital
    • NHS England
    • NHS Resolution
    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Social Work England

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
    • British Pharmacopoeia Commission
    • Commission on Human Medicines
    • Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
    • Independent Reconfiguration Panel
    • NHS Pay Review Body
    • Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration

    Other

    • Accelerated Access Review
    • Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
    • Morecambe Bay Investigation
    • NHS Counter Fraud Authority
    • NHS Improvement
    • National Data Guardian
    • National Information Board
    • Porton Biopharma Limited

11. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

    Works with 12 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Wilton Park

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • British Council
    • Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
    • Great Britain-China Centre
    • Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
    • Westminster Foundation for Democracy

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Independent Commission for Aid Impact

    Public corporation

    • BBC World Service

    Other

    • Chevening Scholarship Programme
    • FCDO Services
    • Government Communications Headquarters
    • Secret Intelligence Service

12. HM Treasury

    Works with 14 agencies and public bodies

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    Non-ministerial department

    • Government Actuary's Department
    • NS&I

    Executive agency

    • Government Internal Audit Agency
    • National Infrastructure Commission
    • UK Debt Management Office

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Office for Budget Responsibility

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Royal Mint Advisory Committee

    Other

    • The Crown Estate
    • Financial Conduct Authority
    • Infrastructure and Projects Authority
    • Payment Systems Regulator
    • Royal Mint
    • UK Asset Resolution Limited
    • UK Government Investments

13. Home Office

    Works with 30 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Disclosure and Barring Service
    • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
    • Independent Office for Police Conduct
    • Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
    • Security Industry Authority

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Animals in Science Committee
    • Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
    • Migration Advisory Committee
    • Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
    • Police Remuneration Review Body
    • Technical Advisory Board

    Tribunal

    • Investigatory Powers Tribunal
    • Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal

    Independent monitoring body

    • Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner

    Other

    • The Adjudicator’s Office
    • Biometrics Commissioner
    • College of Policing
    • Commission for Countering Extremism
    • Forensic Science Regulator
    • HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
    • Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
    • Independent Family Returns Panel
    • Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
    • Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office
    • National Counter Terrorism Security Office
    • National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
    • Office for Communications Data Authorisations
    • The Security Service
    • Surveillance Camera Commissioner

14. Ministry of Defence

    Works with 29 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Defence Electronics and Components Agency
    • Defence Equipment and Support
    • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
    • UK Hydrographic Office

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
    • National Army Museum
    • National Museum of the Royal Navy
    • Royal Air Force Museum
    • Single Source Regulations Office

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
    • Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
    • Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
    • Independent Medical Expert Group
    • Nuclear Research Advisory Council
    • Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
    • Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees

    Ad-hoc advisory group

    • Central Advisory Committee on Compensation

    Other

    • Advisory Group on Military Medicine
    • Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
    • Defence Sixth Form College
    • Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee
    • Fleet Air Arm Museum
    • The Oil and Pipelines Agency
    • Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)
    • Royal Marines Museum
    • Royal Navy Submarine Museum
    • Service Complaints Ombudsman
    • Service Prosecuting Authority
    • United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association

15. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

    Works with 12 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
    • Homes England
    • Housing Ombudsman
    • Leasehold Advisory Service
    • Regulator of Social Housing
    • Valuation Tribunal Service

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Building Regulations Advisory Committee

    Tribunal

    • Valuation Tribunal for England

    Public corporation

    • Architects Registration Board

    Other

    • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
    • UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation

16. Ministry of Justice

    Works with 34 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service
    • Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
    • Legal Aid Agency
    • Office of the Public Guardian

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Cafcass
    • Criminal Cases Review Commission
    • Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements
    • Judicial Appointments Commission
    • Legal Services Board
    • Parole Board
    • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace
    • Civil Justice Council
    • Civil Procedure Rule Committee
    • Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
    • Family Justice Council
    • Family Procedure Rule Committee
    • Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody
    • Insolvency Rules Committee
    • Law Commission
    • Prison Service Pay Review Body
    • Sentencing Council for England and Wales
    • Tribunal Procedure Committee

    Other

    • Academy for Social Justice
    • HM Inspectorate of Prisons
    • HM Inspectorate of Probation
    • Independent Monitoring Boards
    • Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
    • Judicial Office
    • The Legal Ombudsman
    • Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
    • Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
    • Victims' Commissioner

17. Northern Ireland Office

    Works with 3 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
    • Parades Commission for Northern Ireland

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland

18. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland

19. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

20. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

21. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

    Works with 1 public body

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    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Boundary Commission for Scotland

22. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

23. UK Export Finance

    Works with 1 public body

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    Other

    • Export Guarantees Advisory Council

Non ministerial departments

There are 20 Non ministerial departments

20

1. The Charity Commission
2. Competition and Markets Authority
3. Crown Prosecution Service separate website
4. Food Standards Agency separate website

   Works with 7 agencies and public bodies

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   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs
   • Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
   • Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food
   • Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
   • Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
   • General Advisory Committee on Science
   • Social Science Research Committee
5. Forestry Commission

   Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive agency

   • Forest Research
   • Forestry England
6. Government Actuary's Department
7. Government Legal Department
8. HM Land Registry
9. HM Revenue & Customs

   Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive agency

   • Valuation Office Agency

   Other

   • The Adjudicator’s Office
10. NS&I separate website
11. The National Archives separate website
12. National Crime Agency separate website
13. Office of Rail and Road separate website
14. Ofgem separate website
15. Ofqual
16. Ofsted
17. Serious Fraud Office separate website
18. Supreme Court of the United Kingdom separate website
19. UK Statistics Authority separate website

    Works with 1 public body

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    Other

    • Office for National Statistics
20. The Water Services Regulation Authority separate website

Agencies and other public bodies

There are 414 Agencies and other public bodies

414

1. Academy for Social Justice
2. Accelerated Access Review
3. The Adjudicator’s Office
4. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
5. Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs separate website
6. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
7. Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
8. Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
9. Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes separate website
10. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
11. Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food separate website
12. Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace separate website
13. The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives separate website
14. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
15. Advisory Group on Military Medicine
16. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service separate website
17. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Northern Ireland) separate website
18. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board separate website
19. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
20. Animal and Plant Health Agency
21. Animals in Science Committee
22. Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust separate website
23. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
24. Arts Council England separate website
25. Arts Council of Northern Ireland separate website
26. Arts Council of Wales separate website
27. Arts and Humanities Research Council separate website
28. BPDTS Ltd
29. Bank of England separate website
30. Biometrics Commissioner
31. Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
32. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council separate website
33. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd separate website
34. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew separate website
35. Boundary Commission for England separate website
36. Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland separate website
37. Boundary Commission for Scotland separate website
38. Boundary Commission for Wales separate website
39. British Business Bank separate website
40. British Council separate website
41. British Film Institute separate website
42. British Hallmarking Council
43. British Library separate website
44. British Museum separate website
45. British Pharmacopoeia Commission separate website
46. British Transport Police Authority separate website
47. Broads Authority separate website
48. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
49. Cafcass separate website
50. Care Quality Commission separate website
51. Careers Wales separate website
52. Central Advisory Committee on Compensation
53. Central Arbitration Committee
54. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
55. Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure separate website
56. Certification Officer
57. Chevening Scholarship Programme separate website
58. Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
59. Churches Conservation Trust separate website
60. Civil Justice Council separate website
61. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
62. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
63. Civil Service Commission separate website
64. Coal Authority
65. College of Policing separate website
66. Commission for Countering Extremism
67. Commission on Human Medicines
68. Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
69. Commissioner for Public Appointments separate website
70. Commissioner for Shale Gas
71. Committee on Climate Change separate website
72. Committee on Fuel Poverty
73. Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
74. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
75. Committee on Standards in Public Life
76. Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment separate website
77. Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
78. Companies House
79. Company Names Tribunal
80. Competition Appeal Tribunal separate website
81. Competition Service separate website
82. Construction Industry Training Board separate website
83. Consumer Council for Water separate website
84. Copyright Tribunal
85. Council for Science and Technology
86. Covent Garden Market Authority separate website
87. Criminal Cases Review Commission separate website
88. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
89. Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
90. Crown Commercial Service
91. The Crown Estate separate website
92. Dartmoor National Park Authority separate website
93. Defence Academy of the United Kingdom separate website
94. Defence Electronics and Components Agency
95. Defence Equipment and Support
96. Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
97. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
98. Defence Sixth Form College separate website
99. Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee separate website
100. Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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     Executive non-departmental public body

     • Northern Ireland Housing Executive

     Other

     • Arts Council of Northern Ireland
101. Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) separate website
102. Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) separate website
103. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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     Executive non-departmental public body

     • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Northern Ireland)
     • Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
104. Department of Education (Northern Ireland) separate website

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     Executive non-departmental public body

     • Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
105. Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Executive agency

     • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
106. Department of Health (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland)
107. Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 7 agencies and public bodies

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     Executive agency

     • Legal Services Agency (Northern Ireland)
     • Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
     • Northern Ireland Prison Service
     • Youth Justice Agency of Northern Ireland

     Executive non-departmental public body

     • Northern Ireland Policing Board
     • Police Service of Northern Ireland

     Other

     • Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
108. DfT OLR Holdings Limited
109. Directly Operated Railways Limited separate website
110. Disabled People’s Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd separate website
111. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
112. Disclosure and Barring Service
113. Dounreay
114. Drinking Water Inspectorate separate website
115. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
116. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
117. East West Railway Company Limited separate website
118. Ebbsfleet Development Corporation separate website
119. Economic and Social Research Council separate website
120. Education and Skills Funding Agency
121. The Electoral Commission separate website
122. Engineering Construction Industry Training Board separate website
123. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council separate website
124. English Institute of Sport separate website
125. Environment Agency
126. Equality and Human Rights Commission separate website
127. Estyn separate website
128. The Executive Office (Northern Ireland) separate website
129. Exmoor National Park Authority separate website
130. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
131. FCDO Services separate website
132. Family Justice Council separate website
133. Family Procedure Rule Committee
134. Financial Conduct Authority separate website
135. Financial Reporting Council separate website
136. Fire Service College separate website
137. Fleet Air Arm Museum separate website
138. Forensic Science Regulator
139. Forest Research separate website
140. Forestry England separate website
141. Gambling Commission separate website
142. Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority separate website
143. Geffrye Museum separate website
144. General Advisory Committee on Science separate website
145. Government Communications Headquarters separate website

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     Other

     • Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
146. Government Equalities Office
147. Government Estates Management
148. Government Internal Audit Agency
149. Government Office for Science
150. Government Property Agency
151. Great Britain-China Centre separate website
152. Groceries Code Adjudicator
153. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
154. HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate separate website
155. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services separate website
156. HM Inspectorate of Prisons separate website
157. HM Inspectorate of Probation separate website
158. HM Prison Service
159. HSC Business Services Organisation (Northern Ireland) separate website
160. Health Education England separate website
161. Health Research Authority separate website
162. Health and Safety Executive separate website
163. Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre separate website
164. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service

     Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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     Executive agency

     • HM Prison Service

     Other

     • National Probation Service
165. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
166. Higher Education Statistics Agency separate website
167. Highways England
168. Historic England separate website
169. Homes England
170. Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust separate website
171. Horserace Betting Levy Board separate website
172. House of Lords Appointments Commission separate website
173. Housing Ombudsman separate website
174. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority separate website
175. Human Tissue Authority separate website
176. Imperial War Museum separate website
177. Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody separate website
178. Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
179. Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner separate website
180. Independent Case Examiner
181. Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
182. Independent Commission for Aid Impact separate website
183. Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise separate website
184. Independent Commission on Freedom of Information
185. Independent Complaints Reviewer separate website
186. Independent Dormant Assets Commission
187. Independent Family Returns Panel
188. Independent Medical Expert Group
189. Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements separate website
190. Independent Monitoring Boards separate website
191. Independent Office for Police Conduct separate website
192. Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority separate website
193. Independent Reconfiguration Panel
194. Independent Review Mechanism
195. Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation separate website
196. Industrial Development Advisory Board
197. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
198. Information Commissioner's Office separate website
199. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
200. Insolvency Rules Committee
201. The Insolvency Service
202. Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education separate website
203. Intellectual Property Office

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     Other

     • Company Names Tribunal
204. Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office separate website
205. Investigatory Powers Tribunal separate website
206. Iraq Inquiry separate website
207. Joint Nature Conservation Committee separate website
208. Judicial Appointments Commission separate website
209. Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
210. Judicial Office separate website
211. Lake District National Park Authority separate website
212. Lammy Review
213. Land Registration Rule Committee
214. Law Commission separate website
215. Leasehold Advisory Service separate website
216. Legal Aid Agency
217. The Legal Ombudsman separate website
218. Legal Services Agency (Northern Ireland) separate website
219. Legal Services Board separate website
220. Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland separate website
221. Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman separate website
222. LocatED separate website
223. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
224. Low Pay Commission
225. Magnox Ltd
226. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
227. Marine Management Organisation
228. Maritime and Coastguard Agency
229. Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission separate website
230. Medical Research Council separate website
231. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
232. Met Office separate website
233. Migration Advisory Committee
234. Morecambe Bay Investigation
235. NHS Blood and Transplant separate website
236. NHS Business Services Authority separate website
237. NHS Counter Fraud Authority separate website
238. NHS Digital separate website
239. NHS England separate website
240. NHS Improvement separate website
241. NHS Pay Review Body
242. NHS Resolution separate website
243. NHS Wales Informatics Service separate website
244. National Army Museum separate website
245. National Citizen Service separate website
246. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
247. National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
248. National Data Guardian
249. National Forest Company separate website
250. National Gallery separate website
251. National Heritage Memorial Fund separate website

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     Other

     • National Lottery Heritage Fund
252. National Information Board
253. National Infrastructure Commission separate website
254. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence separate website
255. The National Lottery Community Fund separate website
256. National Lottery Heritage Fund separate website
257. National Museum of the Royal Navy separate website
258. National Museums Liverpool separate website
259. National Portrait Gallery separate website
260. National Probation Service
261. Natural England
262. Natural Environment Research Council separate website
263. Natural History Museum separate website
264. Natural Resources Wales separate website
265. Network Rail separate website
266. New Forest National Park Authority separate website
267. North York Moors National Park Authority separate website
268. Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
269. Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service separate website
270. Northern Ireland Housing Executive separate website
271. Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission separate website
272. Northern Ireland Policing Board separate website
273. Northern Ireland Prison Service separate website
274. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency separate website
275. Northern Lighthouse Board separate website
276. Northumberland National Park Authority separate website
277. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

     Works with 5 agencies and public bodies

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     Other

     • Dounreay
     • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
     • Magnox Ltd
     • Radioactive Waste Management
     • Sellafield Ltd
278. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
279. Nuclear Research Advisory Council
280. Ofcom separate website
281. Office for Budget Responsibility separate website
282. Office for Communications Data Authorisations
283. Office for National Statistics separate website
284. Office for Students separate website
285. Office of Manpower Economics
286. Office of Tax Simplification
287. Office of the Children's Commissioner separate website
288. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
289. Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland separate website
290. Office of the Public Guardian
291. Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists separate website
292. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
293. Office of the Schools Adjudicator
294. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
295. Oil and Gas Authority separate website
296. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
297. Parades Commission for Northern Ireland separate website
298. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman separate website
299. Parole Board
300. Payment Systems Regulator separate website
301. Peak District National Park Authority separate website
302. The Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman separate website
303. The Pensions Advisory Service separate website
304. The Pensions Ombudsman separate website
305. The Pensions Regulator separate website
306. Phone-paid Services Authority separate website
307. Planning Inspectorate
308. Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal
309. Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
310. Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal
311. Police Remuneration Review Body
312. Police Service of Northern Ireland separate website
313. Porton Biopharma Limited separate website
314. Prison Service Pay Review Body
315. Prisons and Probation Ombudsman separate website
316. Privy Council Office separate website
317. Probation Board for Northern Ireland separate website
318. Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care separate website
319. Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland) separate website
320. Public Health England
321. Public Health Wales separate website
322. Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland separate website
323. Pubs Code Adjudicator
324. Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre separate website
325. Radioactive Waste Management
326. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
327. Rail Safety and Standards Board separate website
328. Regulator of Social Housing
329. Regulatory Policy Committee
330. Remploy Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd separate website
331. Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)
332. Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
333. The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest separate website
334. Royal Air Force Museum separate website
335. Royal Armouries Museum separate website
336. Royal Marines Museum separate website
337. Royal Mint separate website
338. Royal Mint Advisory Committee
339. Royal Museums Greenwich separate website
340. Royal Navy Submarine Museum separate website
341. Rural Payments Agency

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     Advisory non-departmental public body

     • Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
342. S4C separate website
343. School Teachers' Review Body
344. Science Advisory Council
345. Science Museum Group separate website
346. Science and Technology Facilities Council separate website
347. Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
348. Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
349. Sea Fish Industry Authority separate website
350. Secret Intelligence Service separate website
351. Security Industry Authority
352. The Security Service separate website

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     Other

     • Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
353. Security Vetting Appeals Panel
354. Sellafield Ltd
355. Senior Salaries Review Body
356. Sentencing Council for England and Wales separate website
357. Service Complaints Ombudsman separate website
358. Service Prosecuting Authority separate website
359. Single Financial Guidance Body separate website
360. Single Source Regulations Office
361. Sir John Soane's Museum separate website
362. Small Business Commissioner
363. Social Mobility Commission
364. Social Science Research Committee separate website
365. Social Security Advisory Committee
366. Social Work England separate website
367. South Downs National Park Authority separate website
368. Sport England separate website
369. Sports Council for Wales separate website
370. Sports Grounds Safety Authority separate website
371. Stabilisation Unit
372. Standards and Testing Agency
373. Student Loans Company
374. Surveillance Camera Commissioner
375. Tate separate website
376. Teaching Regulation Agency
377. Technical Advisory Board
378. The Theatres Trust separate website
379. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
380. Transport Focus separate website
381. Treasure Valuation Committee separate website
382. Tribunal Procedure Committee
383. Trinity House separate website
384. UK Anti-Doping separate website
385. UK Asset Resolution Limited separate website
386. UK Atomic Energy Authority
387. UK Co-ordinating Body
388. UK Debt Management Office separate website
389. UK Government Investments separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • UK Asset Resolution Limited
390. UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation
391. UK Hydrographic Office
392. UK Research and Innovation separate website

     Works with 7 agencies and public bodies

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     Other

     • Arts and Humanities Research Council
     • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
     • Economic and Social Research Council
     • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
     • Medical Research Council
     • Natural Environment Research Council
     • Science and Technology Facilities Council
393. UK Space Agency
394. UK Sport separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • English Institute of Sport
395. United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association
396. Valuation Office Agency

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • The Adjudicator’s Office
397. Valuation Tribunal Service separate website
398. Valuation Tribunal for England separate website
399. Vehicle Certification Agency separate website
400. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
401. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
402. Veterinary Products Committee
403. Victims' Commissioner separate website
404. Victoria and Albert Museum separate website
405. VisitBritain separate website
406. VisitEngland separate website
407. Wales Audit Office separate website
408. Wallace Collection separate website
409. Welsh Language Commissioner separate website
410. Westminster Foundation for Democracy separate website
411. Wilton Park separate website
412. Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority separate website
413. Youth Justice Agency of Northern Ireland separate website
414. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

High profile groups

There are 98 High profile groups

98

1. Bona Vacantia
2. Border Force
3. British Cattle Movement Service
4. Cabinet Office Board
5. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
6. Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
7. Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser
8. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
9. Civil Service Board
10. Civil Service Fast Stream
11. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
12. Civil Service Group
13. Civil Service HR
14. Civil Service Reform
15. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
16. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
17. Defence Nuclear Organisation
18. Defence Safety Authority
19. Defence and Security Accelerator
20. Department for International Trade Defence & Security Organisation
21. Digital, Data and Technology Profession
22. Disability Unit
23. District Valuer Services (DVS)
24. Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
25. Export Control Joint Unit
26. Financial Services Trade and Investment Board
27. Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme
28. Further Education Commissioner
29. Geospatial Commission
30. Gov Facility Services Limited
31. Government Analysis Function
32. Government Chemist
33. Government Commercial Function
34. Government Communication Service
35. Government Corporate Finance Profession
36. Government Data Quality Hub
37. Government Digital Service
38. Government Economic Service
39. Government Finance Function
40. Government Geography Profession
41. Government Knowledge & Information Management Profession
42. Government Legal Profession
43. Government Occupational Psychology Profession
44. Government Operational Research Service
45. Government Partnerships International
46. Government Planning Inspectors
47. Government Planning Profession
48. Government Property Function
49. Government Recruitment Service
50. Government Science & Engineering Profession
51. Government Security Profession
52. Government Social Research Profession
53. Government Statistical Service separate website
54. Government Tax Profession
55. Government Veterinary Services
56. HM Nautical Almanac Office
57. HM Passport Office
58. Healthcare UK
59. Immigration Enforcement
60. Innovate UK
61. Intelligence Analysis
62. Internal Audit Profession
63. Life Sciences Organisation
64. Medical Profession
65. Military Aviation Authority
66. National Cyber Security Centre separate website
67. National Leadership Centre separate website
68. National security and intelligence
69. Office for Artificial Intelligence
70. Office for Civil Society
71. Office for Life Sciences
72. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
73. Office for Product Safety and Standards
74. Office for Veterans' Affairs
75. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
76. Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
77. Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
78. Open Public Services
79. Operational Delivery Profession
80. Policy Profession
81. Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
82. Procurement profession
83. Project Delivery Profession
84. Queen's Harbour Master
85. Race Disparity Unit
86. Regional Schools Commissioners
87. Rural Development Programme for England Network
88. Strategic Command
89. Submarine Delivery Agency
90. Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate
91. UK Council for Internet Safety
92. UK Defence and Security Exports
93. UK National Contact Point
94. UK Visas and Immigration
95. United Kingdom Security Vetting
96. Veterans UK
97. Windrush Commemoration Committee
98. jHub Defence Innovation

Public corporations

There are 12 Public corporations

12

1. Architects Registration Board separate website
2. BBC separate website
3. BBC World Service separate website
4. Channel 4 separate website
5. Civil Aviation Authority separate website
6. Crossrail International separate website
7. Historic Royal Palaces separate website
8. London and Continental Railways Limited separate website
9. National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation separate website
10. Office for Nuclear Regulation separate website
11. Ordnance Survey separate website
12. Pension Protection Fund separate website

Devolved administrations

There are 3 Devolved administrations

3

1. Northern Ireland Executive separate website

   Works with 1 public body

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   Other

   • UK Co-ordinating Body
2. The Scottish Government separate website

   Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive agency

   • Animal and Plant Health Agency

   Other

   • UK Co-ordinating Body
3. Welsh Government separate website

   Works with 4 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive agency

   • Animal and Plant Health Agency

   Other

   • Careers Wales
   • Natural Resources Wales
   • UK Co-ordinating Body

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