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An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government,
Welsh Government The Welsh Government ( cy, Llywodraeth Cymru) is the Welsh devolution, devolved government of Wales. The government consists of ministers and Minister (government), deputy ministers, and also of a Counsel General for Wales, counsel general. Minist ...
or Northern Ireland Executive. Executive agencies are "machinery of government" devices distinct both from non-ministerial government departments and non-departmental public bodies (or " quangos"), each of which enjoy legal and constitutional separation from ministerial control. The model has been applied in several other countries.


Size and scope

Agencies include well-known organisations such as His Majesty's Prison Service and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. The annual budget for each agency, allocated by
HM Treasury His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's Government ...
, ranges from a few million pounds for the smallest agencies to £700m for the Court Service. Virtually all government departments have at least one agency.


Issues and reports

The initial success or otherwise of executive agencies was examined in the Sir Angus Fraser's Fraser Report of 1991. Its main goal was to identify what good practices had emerged from the new model and spread them to other agencies and departments. The report also recommended further powers be devolved from ministers to chief executives. A series of reports and
white paper A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. A white paper ...
s examining governmental delivery were published throughout the 1990s, under both Conservative and Labour governments. During these the agency model became the standard model for delivering public services in the United Kingdom. By 1997, 76% of civil servants were employed by an agency. The new Labour government in its first such report – the ''1998 Next Steps Report'' – endorsed the model introduced by its predecessor. A later review (in 2002, linked below) made two central conclusions (their emphasis): :"The agency model has been a success. Since 1988 agencies have transformed the landscape of government and the responsive and effectiveness of services delivered by Government." :"Some agencies have, however, become disconnected from their departments ... The gulf between policy and delivery is considered by most to have widened." The latter point is usually made more forcefully by Government critics, describing agencies as "unaccountable quangos".


List by department


Attorney General's Office


Non-ministerial department

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


Other

* HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate


Cabinet Office


Ministerial department

* Office of the Leader of the House of Commons * Office of the Leader of the House of Lords


Executive agency

* Crown Commercial Service


Executive non-departmental public body

* Civil Service Commission


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Advisory Committee on Business Appointments * Boundary Commission for England *
Boundary Commission for Wales The boundary commissions in the United Kingdom are non-departmental public bodies responsible for determining the boundaries of constituencies for elections to the House of Commons. There are four boundary commissions: * Boundary Commission for E ...
* Committee on Standards in Public Life * House of Lords Appointments Commission * Security Vetting Appeals Panel * Senior Salaries Review Body * Social Mobility Commission


Other

*
Commissioner for Public Appointments The Commissioner for Public Appointments is a British public servant, appointed by The King, whose primary role is to provide independent assurance that ministerial public appointments across the United Kingdom by HM Government Ministers (and devol ...
* Government Estates Management * Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists * Privy Council Office


Civil Service

*
Civil Service The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...


Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy


Non-ministerial department

* Competition and Markets Authority *
HM Land Registry His Majesty's Land Registry is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government, created in 1862 to register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales. It reports to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strate ...
*
Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was a ...


Executive agency

* Companies House * Insolvency Service * Intellectual Property Office *
Met Office The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and is led by CEO Penelop ...
* UK Space Agency


Executive non-departmental public body

* Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service *
British Hallmarking Council The British Hallmarking Council (BHC) is the organisation responsible for supervising hallmarking in the United Kingdom. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The BHC was creat ...
* Civil Nuclear Police Authority * Coal Authority * Committee on Climate Change * Competition Service * Nuclear Decommissioning Authority *
UK Atomic Energy Authority The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is a UK government research organisation responsible for the development of fusion energy. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ...
* UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), overseeing: **
Arts and Humanities Research Council The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), formerly Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB), is a British research council, established in 1998, supporting research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities. History The Arts ...
**
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, is a non-departmental public body (NDPB), and is the largest UK public funder of non-medical bioscience. It predominantly funds scientific re ...
** Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ** Economic and Social Research Council ** Innovate UK ** Medical Research Council ** Natural Environment Research Council ** Research England ** Science and Technology Facilities Council


Advisory non-departmental public body

*
Committee on Fuel Poverty The Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP) is an advisory non-departmental public body of the government of the United Kingdom, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Its role is to advise on the effectiveness of policies ...
* Committee on Radioactive Waste Management * Council for Science and Technology * Industrial Development Advisory Board * Insolvency Rules Committee * Land Registration Rule Committee *
Low Pay Commission The Low Pay Commission (LPC) is an independent body in the United Kingdom, established in 1997, that advises the government on the National Minimum Wage. It is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Energy and In ...
* Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board * Regulatory Policy Committee


Tribunal non-departmental public body

*
Central Arbitration Committee The Central Arbitration Committee is a UK government body, whose task is to oversee the regulation of UK labour law as it relates to trade union recognition and collective bargaining. Chairs * Michael Burton *Former deputy chair, PL Davies See ...
* Competition Appeal Tribunal *
Copyright Tribunal The Copyright Tribunal in the United Kingdom has jurisdiction over some intellectual property disputes under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The tribunal's principal task is adjudicating disputes between collective licensing agencies ...
* Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal


Other

*
British Business Bank British Business Bank plc (BBB) is a state-owned economic development bank established by the UK Government. Its aim is to increase the supply of credit to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as providing business advice services. It is ...
*
Certification Officer The Trades Union Certification Officer was established in the United Kingdom by Act of Parliament in 1975. They head the Certification Office for Trade Unions and Employers' Associations. Responsibilities The Certification Officer is responsible ...
* Government Office for Science *
Groceries Code Adjudicator The Groceries Code Adjudicator (or ''Supermarket Ombudsman'') is an independent statutory office responsible for enforcing the Groceries Supply Code of Practice and to regulate the relationship between supermarkets and their direct suppliers with ...
* Independent Complaints Reviewer * Office of Manpower Economics * Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies *
Oil and Gas Authority The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), known as the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) until March 2022, is a private company limited by shares wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. It is responsible ...


Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities


Executive agency

*
Planning Inspectorate The Planning Inspectorate for England (sometimes referred to as PINS) is an executive agency of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities of the United Kingdom Government with responsibility for making decisions and providing r ...
* Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre


Executive non-departmental public body

* Ebbsfleet Development Corporation * Homes and Communities Agency * Housing Ombudsman * Leasehold Advisory Service * Valuation Tribunal Service


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Building Regulations Advisory Committee


Tribunal non-departmental public body

* Valuation Tribunal for England


Public corporation

*
Architects Registration Board The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is the statutory body for the registration of architects in the United Kingdom. It operates under the Architects Act 1997 as amended, a consolidating Act. It began under the Architects (Registration) Ac ...


Other

* Local Government Ombudsman


Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport


Non-ministerial department

*
The National Archives National archives are central archives maintained by countries. This article contains a list of national archives. Among its more important tasks are to ensure the accessibility and preservation of the information produced by governments, both ...
* Charity Commission


Executive agency

* Building Digital UK *
Royal Parks The Royal Parks of London are lands that were originally used for the recreation, mostly hunting, of the royal family. They are part of the hereditary possessions of The Crown, now managed by The Royal Parks Limited, a charity which manages ...


Executive non-departmental public body

* Arts Council England * Big Lottery Fund *
British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...
*
British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the Briti ...
*
British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...
* English Institute of Sport * Gambling Commission *
Geffrye Museum The Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum, is a free museum in the 18th-century Grade I-listed former almshouses on Kingsland Road in Shoreditch, London. The museum explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with gallerie ...
* Historic England * Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust *
Horserace Betting Levy Board The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB), commonly abbreviated to the Levy Board, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the United Kingdom. It is a statutory body established by the Betting Le ...
*
Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military ...
*
Information Commissioner's Office The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is the independ ...
*
National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director ...
* National Heritage Memorial Fund * National Lottery Heritage Fund (administered by the NHMF) * 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 Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded p ...
* Sports Grounds Safety Authority * Tate * UK Anti-Doping *
UK Sport UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing in Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom. It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. It was created ...
*
Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
* 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 The Theatres Trust is the National Advisory Public Body for Theatres in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1976 by an Act of Parliament to "promote the better protection of theatres for the benefit of the nation". The Trust has played a leadi ...
*
Treasure Valuation Committee The Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC) is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) based in London, which offers expert advice to the government on items of declared treasure in England, Wale ...


Public corporation

* BBC *
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
* Historic Royal Palaces *
Ofcom The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
*
S4C Authority The S4C Authority ( cy, Awdurdod S4C) is an independent public body appointed by the United Kingdom Government's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to oversee the management of the Welsh-language television channel S4C. Alth ...


Department for Education


Non-ministerial department

*
Ofqual The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) is a non-ministerial government department that regulates qualifications, exams and tests in England. Colloquially and publicly, Ofqual is often referred to as the exam "watchdo ...
* Ofsted


Executive agency

* Education and Skills Funding Agency * Teaching Regulation Agency *
Standards and Testing Agency The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is responsible for developing and delivering all statutory assessments for school pupils in England. It was formed on 1 October 2011 and took over the functions of the Qualifications and Curriculum Develop ...


Executive non-departmental public body

* Construction Industry Training Board * Engineering Construction Industry Training Board * LocatED * Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education * Office for Students *
Office of the Children's Commissioner The Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC; mi, Manaakitia A Tatou Tamariki) is an independent New Zealand Crown entity that was established under the Children's Commissioner Act 2003. Its main responsibilities are to protect the rights, healt ...
* 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


Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs


Non-ministerial department

*
Forestry Commission The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England. The Forestry Commission was previously also resp ...
** Forestry England ** Forest Research * The Water Services Regulation Authority


Executive agency

*
Animal and Plant Health Agency The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), formerly known as the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) of the United Kingdom. It was fo ...
* Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science * Rural Payments Agency * Veterinary Medicines Directorate


Executive non-departmental public body

*
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is a levy board funded by farmers and growers and some other parts of the supply chain. It aims to enhance farm business efficiency and competitiveness in the areas of: pig, beef and lam ...
* Board of Trustees of the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 ...
* Consumer Council for Water *
Environment Agency The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and en ...
* Joint Nature Conservation Committee *
Marine Management Organisation The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom established under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, with responsibility for English waters. The MMO exists to make a significant cont ...
* 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 non-departmental public body

* Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal


Other

* Broads Authority *
Covent Garden Market Authority New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms, London, is the largest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market in the United Kingdom. It covers a site of and is home to about 200 fruit, vegetable and flower companies. The market serves 40% of the f ...
* Dartmoor National Park Authority *
Drinking Water Inspectorate The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) is a section of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) set up to regulate the public water supply companies in England and Wales. Based in Whitehall, it produces an annual report showing ...
*
Exmoor National Park Authority Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. It is named after the River Exe, the source of which is situated in the centre of the area, two miles north-west of Simonsbath ...
*
Lake District National Park Authority The Lake District National Park is a national park in North West England that includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was d ...
*
New Forest National Park Authority The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, ...
* North York Moors National Park Authority * Northumberland National Park Authority * Peak District National Park Authority * South Downs National Park Authority * UK Co-ordinating Body (Common Agricultural Policy) * Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority


Department for International Trade


Department for Transport


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 The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom Department for Transport, and is the UK's type approval authority. VCA has been supporting the automotive industry since the early 1970s, with offices in the UK ...


Executive non-departmental public body

*
British Transport Police Authority The British Transport Police Authority is the police authority that oversees the British Transport Police. A police authority is a governmental body in the United Kingdom that defines strategic plans for a police force and provides accountability s ...
* Directly Operated Railways Limited *
High Speed Two High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages. The new line will run from its m ...
(HS2) Limited * Northern Lighthouse Board * Transport Focus * Trinity House


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee


Tribunal non-departmental public body

*
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain are responsible for the licensing and regulation of the operators of heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and the registration of local bus services in Great Britain. History The Road Traffic Ac ...


Public corporation

*
Civil Aviation Authority A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register. Role Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, ...
* London and Continental Railways Ltd


Other

* National Highways *
Network Rail Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain. Network Rail is an "arm's len ...
* Marine Accident Investigation Branch * Rail Accident Investigation Branch *
Air Accidents Investigation Branch The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigates civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and crown dependencies. It is also the Space Accident Investigation Authority (SAIA ...


Department for Work and Pensions


Executive non-departmental public body

* Disabled People's Employment Corporation * Health and Safety Executive * National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation *
The Pensions Advisory Service The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) was a non-departmental public body and independent non-profit company limited by guarantee in the United Kingdom, which provided free information, advice and guidance on state, company and individual pension sch ...
* The Pensions Regulator


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Industrial Injuries Advisory Council * Social Mobility Commission *
Social Security Advisory Committee The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) is a statutory body that provides impartial advice to the UK government on social security issues. When the SSAC reports on government proposals for regulations the report must be presented to Parliament ...


Tribunal non-departmental public body

* Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman * Pensions Ombudsman


Public corporation

* Office for Nuclear Regulation * Pension Protection Fund


Other

* Independent Case Examiner


Department of Health and Social Care


Executive agency

* Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency *
UK Health Security Agency The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a government agency in the United Kingdom, responsible since April 2021 for England-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability, and replacing Public Health England. It is an execut ...


Executive non-departmental public body

* Care Quality Commission * Health Education England *
Health Research Authority The Health Research Authority (HRA) is an arm’s length body of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England. The HRA exists to provide a unified national system for the governance of health research. The current chair of the HRA is ...
* Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority * Human Tissue Authority *
NHS Blood and Transplant NHS Blood and Transplant is an executive non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom's Department of Health and Social Care. It was established on 1 October 2005 to take over the responsibilities of two separate NHS agencies: UK Transplan ...
* NHS Business Services Authority *
NHS Digital NHS Digital is the trading name of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, which is the national provider of information, data and IT systems for commissioners, analysts and clinicians in health and social care in England, particularly t ...
*
NHS England NHS England, officially the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the ...
*
NHS Litigation Authority NHS Resolution, the operating name of NHS Litigation Authority, is an arm's length body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It changed its name in April 2017. The organisation's purpose is to provide expertise to the NHS on resolving c ...
(operating as NHS Resolution) * National Institute for Health and Care Excellence


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 The Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, also known as the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body (DDRB), is a body established to set the pay of doctors and dentists in the National Health Service. The Review Body invites evidence ...


Other

* Accelerated Access Review * Morecambe Bay Investigation * NHS Improvement * National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care * National Information Board * Porton Biopharma Limited


Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office


Executive agency

* FCDO Services *
Wilton Park Wilton Park is an executive agency of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office providing a global forum for strategic discussion. Based since 1951 at Wiston House in Sussex, it organises over 70 dialogues a year in the UK and overs ...


Executive non-departmental public body

* British Council * Great Britain–China Centre * Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission *
Westminster Foundation for Democracy The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body set up to support democratic institutions overseas. It was established on 26 February 1992 and registered as a company limited by guarantee in the UK ...


Public corporation

*
BBC World Service The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC, with funding from the British Government through the Foreign Secretary's office. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception a ...


Other

* Chevening Scholarship Programme * Government Communications Headquarters * Secret Intelligence Service


HM Treasury


Non-ministerial department

*
National Savings and Investments National Savings and Investments (NS&I), formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings, is a state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. It is both a non-ministerial government department and an executive agency of HM Tr ...
(NS&I)


Executive agency

* Government Internal Audit Agency *
Debt Management Office The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) is the executive agency responsible for debt and cash management for the UK Government, lending to local authorities and managing certain public sector funds. Purpose The DMO is responsible for day-to-day man ...


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 *
National Infrastructure Commission The National Infrastructure Commission is the executive agency responsible for providing expert advice to the UK Government on infrastructure challenges facing the UK. Inaugurated in 2015, and established as an executive agency of HM Treasur ...
* Payment Systems Regulator * Royal Mint * UK Financial Investments *
UK Government Investments UK Government Investments (UKGI) is a company owned by the Government of the United Kingdom which combines the former functions of the Shareholder Executive and UK Financial Investments based in London, England. UKGI manages a portfolio of 17 ...


Home Office


Executive non-departmental public body

* Disclosure and Barring Service * Gangmasters Licensing Authority * Independent Police Complaints Commission * Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner *
Security Industry Authority The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is the statutory organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the UK. Established as a non-departmental public body in 2003, the SIA reports to the Home Secretary under the ter ...


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs * Animals in Science Committee * Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group *
Migration Advisory Committee The Migration Advisory Committee is a non-departmental public body associated with the British Home Office. It was established in 2007. Professor Alan Manning is the current chair. Professor Sir David Metcalf CBE was the chair from 2007 to 2016 ...
* Police Advisory Board for England and Wales *
Police Remuneration Review Body The Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) is a United Kingdom Review Body that makes independent recommendations on pay and terms and conditions of employment of the police in England and Wales to the Government. It is funded by the Home Office, ...
* Technical Advisory Board


Tribunal non-departmental public body

* Investigatory Powers Tribunal * Office of Surveillance Commissioners * Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal


Independent monitoring body

* Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner


Other

* Biometrics Commissioner * Forensic Science Regulator * His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services *
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, formerly the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, is a government appointed official responsible for providing independent scrutiny of the UK's border and immigration func ...
* Independent Family Returns Panel *
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation is an independent person, appointed by the Home Secretary and by the Treasury for a renewable three-year term and tasked with reporting to the Home Secretary and to Parliament on the operation of cou ...
*
Intelligence Services Commissioner The Intelligence Services Commissioner, was a regulatory official in the United Kingdom appointed under Section 59 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. They are tasked with reviewing actions and warrants taken by the Secretary of St ...
*
Interception of Communications Commissioner The Interception of Communications Commissioner was a regulatory official in the United Kingdom, appointed under section 57 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and previously under section 8 of the Interception of Communications ...
* National Counter Terrorism Security Office * National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body * The Security Service * Surveillance Camera Commissioner


Ministry of Defence


Executive agency

*
Defence Electronics and Components Agency The Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) is an executive agency sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The agency was formed in April 2015 from the air division of the Defence Support Group, which was retained wh ...
* Defence Equipment and Support * Defence Science and Technology Laboratory *
UK Hydrographic Office The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is the UK's agency for providing hydrographic and marine geospatial data to mariners and maritime organisations across the world. The UKHO is a trading fund of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is l ...
* Submarine Delivery Agency


Executive non-departmental public body

* Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust * National Army Museum *
National Museum of the Royal Navy The National Museum of the Royal Navy was created in early 2009 to act as a single non-departmental public body for the museums of the Royal Navy. With venues across the United Kingdom, the museums detail the history of the Royal Navy operating o ...
* Royal Air Force Museum *
Single Source Regulations Office The Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom responsible for overseeing and monitoring the Single Source Procurement Framework established by Part 2 of the Defence Reform Act 2014. Its role i ...


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors *
Armed Forces' Pay Review Body The Armed Forces' Pay Review Body is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body (and a Review Body) established to review and recommend the pay and terms and conditions of employment of the British armed forces. It is funded by the Ministry of D ...
* Defence Nuclear Safety Committee * Independent Medical Expert Group * National Employer Advisory Board * Nuclear Research Advisory Council * Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons * Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees


Public corporation

* The Oil and Pipelines Agency


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 The Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee is a British advisory body established in 2015 which oversees a voluntary code which operates between the government departments which have responsibility for national security and the media. Histo ...
*
Fleet Air Arm Museum The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation. It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships (especially aircraft carriers), and paintin ...
* Reserve Forces and Cadets Association *
Royal Marines Museum The Royal Marines Museum is a museum on the history of the Royal Marines from their beginnings in 1664 through to the present day. A registered charity, it is also a designated service museum under the terms of the National Heritage Act 198 ...
*
Royal Navy Submarine Museum The Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport is a maritime museum tracing the international history of submarine development from the age of Alexander the Great to the present day, and particularly the history of the Royal Navy Submarine Servic ...
* Service Complaints Ombudsman * Service Prosecuting Authority * United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association * United Kingdom Special Forces Association


Ministry of Justice


Executive agency

* Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority * HM Courts & Tribunals Service * HM Prison Service * Legal Aid Agency * Office of the Public Guardian


Executive non-departmental public body

*
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) is a non-departmental public body in England set up to promote the welfare of children and families involved in family court. It was formed in April 2001 under the provisions ...
(CAFCASS) *
Criminal Cases Review Commission The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the statutory body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It was established by Section 8 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 and ...
* Judicial Appointments Commission * Legal Services Board *
Parole Board for England and Wales The Parole Board for England and Wales () was established in 1968 under the Criminal Justice Act 1967. It became an independent executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) on 1 July 1996 under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. The ...
* Youth Justice Board


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 * Law Commission * Prison Service Pay Review Body * Sentencing Council * 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 *
Legal Ombudsman The Legal Ombudsman is an ombudsman service that opened in October 2010. It is a free service that investigates complaints about lawyers in England and Wales. The Legal Ombudsman was set up as a result of the Legal Services Act 2007 and took over f ...
* Official Solicitor and Public Trustee *
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman The 'Prisons and Probation Ombudsman'' (PPO) is a public body, in England and Wales, appointed by the Secretary of State for Justice to investigate complaints from prisoners, those subject to probation supervision, young people in detention (prison ...
* Victims' Commissioner *
Crown Office The Crown Office, also known (especially in official papers) as the Crown Office in Chancery, is a section of the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department). It has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain ad ...


Northern Ireland Office


Executive non-departmental public body

* Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission *
Parades Commission for Northern Ireland The Parades Commission is a quasi-judicial non-departmental public body responsible for placing restrictions on any parades in Northern Ireland it deems contentious or offensive. It is composed of seven members, all of whom are appointed by the S ...


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland


Office of the Advocate General for Scotland


Office of the Leader of the House of Commons


Office of the Leader of the House of Lords


Office of the Secretary of State for Wales


Scotland Office


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Boundary Commission for Scotland


UK Export Finance


Advisory non-departmental public body

* Export Guarantees Advisory Council


Non ministerial departments

Not already listed above: * Charity Commission for England and Wales *
Food Standards Agency The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is led by a board ap ...
** 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 * Government Actuary's Department *
HM Revenue and Customs HM Revenue and Customs (His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, or HMRC) is a non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial Departments of the United Kingdom Government, department of the His Majesty's Government, UK Government responsible fo ...
**
Valuation Office Agency The Valuation Office Agency is a government body in England and Wales. It is an executive agency of His Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The agency values properties for the purpose of Council Tax and for non-domestic rates in England and Wal ...
** Adjudicator's Office * National Crime Agency *
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ( initialism: UKSC or the acronym: SCOTUK) is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom for all civil cases, and for criminal cases originating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As the Unite ...
* UK Statistics Authority **
Office for National Statistics The Office for National Statistics (ONS; cy, Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament. Overview The ONS is responsible for ...


Other countries

Several other countries have an executive agency model. In the United States, the
Clinton administration Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following a decisive election victory over ...
imported the model under the name "performance-based organizations." In Canada, executive agencies were adopted on a limited basis under the name "special operating agencies." Roberts, Alasdair.
''Public Works and Government Services: Beautiful Theory Meets Ugly Reality
HOW OTTAWA SPENDS, G. Swimmer, ed., pp. 171-203 Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1996 One example is the
Translation Bureau The Translation Bureau is an institution of the federal government of Canada operated by Public Services and Procurement Canada that provides translation services for all agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the government. As of Decemb ...
under
Public Services and Procurement Canada Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC; french: Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada)''Public Services and Procurement Canada'' is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Public Works ...
. Executive agencies were also established in Australia, Jamaica, Japan and Tanzania.


See also

* Trading fund * Agency of the European Union *
Government-owned corporation A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...
* Departments of the United Kingdom Government *
Non-departmental public body In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process o ...
* Independent agencies of the United States government * United States federal executive departments


References


External links


Economic Research Council online database of all UK Quangos 1998-2006
archived in 2007 *2002 Government report into the agencies model entitled
Better Government Services – Executive agencies in the 21st century
published by The Prime Minister's Office of Public Services Reform. Contains a list of agencies. ( PDF)
Civil Service (archived in 2008)
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