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Government Bodies Pertinent to England
This page links to the websites of government offices, agencies, non departmental public bodies, government sponsored websites, etc that are relevant to England
Contact Details Web Site
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/acre/index.htm
Air Accident Investigation Branch http://www.aaib.gov.uk/
Alcohol Education and Research Council http://www.aerc.org.uk/
Analytical Services Division (ASD) http://www.dss.gov.uk/asd/
Animal Procedures Committee http://www.apc.gov.uk/
Appeals Service http://www.appeals-service.gov.uk/
Arts Council of England http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Audit Commission http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/
Bank of England http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/
Bedfordshire Police http://www.bedfordshire.police.uk/
Better Government for Older People http://www.bgop.org.uk/pages/index.html
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/
Boards of Visitors (BOV) http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/bov/
British Army http://www.army.mod.uk/
British Broadcasting Corporation http://www.bbc.co.uk/
British Council http://www.britcoun.org/
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) http://www.becta.org.uk/
British Film Institute http://www.bfi.org.uk/
British Forces Post Office Agency http://www.bfpo.org.uk/
British Geological Survey http://www.bgs.ac.uk/
British Library http://portico.bl.uk/
British Museum http://www.british-museum.ac.uk/
British Museum http://www.british-museum.ac.uk/
British National Space Centre http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/
British Official Publications Current Awareness Service http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/
British Railways Board (BRB) http://www.brb.gov.uk/
British Standards Institution (BSI) http://www.bsi-global.com/
British Tourist Office http://www.visitbritain.com/
British Trade International (BTI) http://www.brittrade.com/
Building Research Establishment http://www.bre.co.uk/
Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW) http://www.ccetsw.org.uk/
Central IT Unit http://www.citu.gov.uk/
Central Science Laboratory http://www.csl.gov.uk/
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology http://www.ceh-nerc.ac.uk/
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) http://www.cefas.co.uk/
Centre for Management and Policy Studies http://www.cmps.gov.uk/
Ceremonial Secretariat http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/ceremonial/
Child Support Agency http://www.csa.gov.uk/
Civil Aviation Authority http://www.caa.co.uk/
Civil Contingencies Secretariat http://www.ukresilience.info/home.htm
Civil Justice Council http://www.civiljusticecouncil.gov.uk/
Civil Service Interchange http://www.interchange.gov.uk/
Civil Service Pensions Division http://www.civilservice-pensions.gov.uk/Menu.asp
Civil Service Statistics http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics/
Cleveland Police
College of Arms http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment http://www.cabe.org.uk/
Commission for Integrated Transport http://www.cfit.gov.uk/
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) http://www.cre.gov.uk/
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt http://www.crnd.gov.uk/index_crnd.htm
Committee on Standards in Public Life http://www.public-standards.gov.uk/
Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/
Communication Group http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/min-org/organisation/index6.asp
Communications-Electronics Security Group http://www.cesg.gov.uk/
Community Fund http://www.community-fund.org.uk/
Companies House http://www.companies-house.gov.uk/
Competition Commission http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/
Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) http://www.citb.org.uk/
Consumer Gateway http://www.consumers.gov.uk/
Corporate Development Group http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/civilservice/index.asp
Corporate Services Group http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/min-org/organisation/index6.asp#CCR
Council for Science and Technology (CST) http://www.cst.gov.uk/
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) http://www.cclrc.ac.uk/
Countryside Agency http://www.countryside.gov.uk/
Court Service http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/
Covent Garden Market Authority http://www.cgma.gov.uk/
Crafts Council http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/
Crime Reduction Website http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/
Criminal Cases Review Commission http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ccrc/ms.htm
Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/
Crown Prosecution Service http://www.cps.gov.uk/
Data Protection Registrar: Public Register of Data Users http://www.dpr.gov.uk/
Debt Management Office (DMO) http://www.dmo.gov.uk/
Defence Advisory Notices http://www.dnotice.org.uk/
Defence Analytical Services and Advice http://www.dasa.mod.uk/
Defence and Overseas Secretariat http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/min-org/organisation/index2.asp#PSD
Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) http://www.dara.mod.uk/
Defence Bills Agency (DBA) http://www.defencebills.gov.uk/
Defence Diversification Agency http://www.dda.gov.uk/
Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) http://www.deso.mod.uk/
Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) http://www.mod.uk/dpa/index.html
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) http://www.dstl.gov.uk/
Dental Practice Board of England & Wales http://www.dentanet.org.uk/
Design Council http://www.design-council.org.uk/
Direct Access Government http://www.dag-business.gov.uk/
Directorate of Standardization http://www.dstan.mod.uk/
Disability Rights Commission http://www.disability.gov.uk/
Diversity - What Works http://www.diversity-whatworks.gov.uk/
Drinking Water Inspectorate http://www.dwi.gov.uk/
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) http://www.dvla.gov.uk/dvla.htm
Driving Standards Agency (DSA) http://www.dsa.gov.uk/
Dyfed-Powys Police http://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/
Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/min-org/organisation/index2.asp
Economic & Social Research Council http://www.esrc.ac.uk/
Employers Organisation (EO) http://www.lg-employers.gov.uk/
Employment Appeal Tribunal http://www.employmentappeals.gov.uk/index.htm
Employment Service http://www.employmentservice.gov.uk/
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) http://www.ecitb.org.uk/
English Heritage http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (ENB) http://www.enb.org.uk/
English Nature http://www.english-nature.org.uk/
English Partnerships http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk
Environment Agency http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) http://www.eoc.org.uk/
Essex Police http://www.essex.police.uk/
European Secretariat http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/cabsec/2003/guide/eu%20business.htm
Export Control Organisation (ECO) http://www.dti.gov.uk/export.control/
Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) http://www.ecgd.gov.uk/
Financial Services Authority (FSA) http://www.fsa.gov.uk/
Food Standards Agency http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/
Football Licensing Authority http://www.flaweb.org.uk/
Forensic Science Service (FSS) http://www.fss.org.uk/
Foresight Programme http://www.foresight.gov.uk/
Gambling Review Body http://www.gamblingreview.gov.uk/
Gaming Board for Great Britain http://www.gbgb.org.uk/
Geffrye Museum Trust Charity http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/
General Dental Council (GDC) http://www.gdc-uk.org/
Global Wildlife Division http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/index.htm
Government Communications Headquarters http://www.gchq.gov.uk/
Government Information & Communication Service (GICS) http://www.gics.gov.uk/default.htm
Government Legal Service (GLS) http://www.gls.gov.uk/
Government News Network http://www.gnn.gov.uk/
Government Statistical Service (GSS) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
Greater London Authority http://www.london.gov.uk/
Greater Manchester Police http://www.gmp.police.uk/
Greenwich Foundation for the Royal Naval College http://www.greenwichfoundation.org.uk/
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) http://www.hse.gov.uk/hsehome.htm
Health and Safety Laboratory http://www.hsl.gov.uk/
Health Education Authority (HEA) http://www.hea.org.uk/
Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre (HMGCC) http://www.hmgcc.gov.uk/
Her Majesty's Prison Service http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/
Her Majesty's Stationary Office http://www.hmso.gov.uk/
Heritage Lottery Fund http://www.hlf.org.uk/index2.html
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) http://www.hefce.ac.uk/
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) http://www.hesa.ac.uk/
Highways Agency http://www.highways.gov.uk/
Historic Royal Palaces http://www.hrp.org.uk/webcode/home.asp
HM Customs and Excise http://www.hmce.gov.uk/
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/hmic.htm
HM Land Registry http://www.landreg.gov.uk/
HM Magistrates' Courts Service Inspectorate (MCSI) http://www.open.gov.uk/mcsi/
Home-Grown Cereals Authority http://www.hgca.com/
Home Office: Emergency Planning Division http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/epd/
Home Office: Freedom of Information & Data Protection Unit http://www.lcd.gov.uk/foi/foidpunit.htm
Home Office: Research Development and Statistics Directorate (RDS) http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/
Horserace Betting Levy Board http://www.hblb.org.uk/hblbweb.nsf/homepage
Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) http://www.hblb.org.uk/
Horticultural Development Council http://www.hdc.org.uk/
Housing Corporation http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) http://www.hfea.gov.uk/
Humberside Police http://www.humberside.police.uk/
Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/hpg.htm
Imperial War Museum http://www.iwm.org.uk/
Improvement & Development Agency (IDeA) http://www.idea.gov.uk/
Independent Case Examiner for the Child Support Agency http://www.ind-case-exam.org.uk/
Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) http://www.iiac.org.uk/
Inland Revenue http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/home.htm
Innovation Unit (DTI) http://www.innovation.gov.uk/
Insolvency Service http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/
Institute of Trading Standards Administration http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/
Intelligence and Security Secretariat http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/min-org/organisation/index2.asp
Invest UK http://www.invest.uk.com
Isle of Man Government http://www.gov.im/
Isle of Man Parliament (Tynwald) http://www.tynwald.isle-of-man.org.im/
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) http://www.jncc.gov.uk/
Judicial Studies Board (JSB) http://www.cix.co.uk/~jsb/
Land Registry Direct http://www.landregistrydirect.gov.uk/
Law Commission for England and Wales http://www.open.gov.uk/lawcomm/
Learning and Skills Council http://www.lsc.gov.uk/
Legal Services Commission http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/
Legal Services Commission http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/
LEXicon http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/lexicon/index.htm
Local Government http://www.local.gov.uk/
Local Government Association http://www.lga.gov.uk/
Local Government Commission for England (LGCE) http://www.lgce.gov.uk/
Local Government Ombudsmen http://www.open.gov.uk/lgo/index.htm
Low Pay Commission (LPC) http://www.lowpay.gov.uk/
Machinery of Government Secretariat http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/central/index.htm
Marine Accidents Investigation Branch (MAIB) http://www.maib.dtlr.gov.uk/
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) http://www.mcagency.org.uk/
Medical Devices Agency (MDA) http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/
Medical Research Council (MRC) http://www.mrc.ac.uk/
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) http://www.mhra.gov.uk
Merseyside Police http://www.merseyside.police.uk/
Meteorological Office (Met.Office) http://www.met-office.gov.uk/
Metropolitan Police http://www.met.police.uk/
Millennium Commission http://www.millennium.gov.uk/
Mind, Body & Soul http://www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk/
Mobility Unit http://www.mobility-unit.detr.gov.uk/
Museum of London http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester http://www.msim.org.uk/
National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education http://www.dfee.gov.uk/naccce/
National Audit Office http://www.nao.gov.uk/
National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) http://www.ncis.co.uk/
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) http://www.nesta.org.uk
National Grid for Learning (NGFL) http://www.ngfl.gov.uk/ngfl/index.html
National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) http://www.nice.org.uk/
National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) http://www.niab.com/
National Insurance Contributions Office http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/nic/index.htm
National Lottery Charities Board (NLCB) http://www.nlcb.org.uk/
National Lottery Commission http://www.natlotcomm.gov.uk/
National Physical Laboratory (NPL) http://www.npl.co.uk/
National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) http://www.nrpb.org.uk/
National Savings http://www.nationalsavings.co.uk/
National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML) http://www.nwml.gov.uk/
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) http://www.nerc.ac.uk/
Natural History Museum http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
New Deal http://www.newdeal.gov.uk/
NHS Confederation http://www.nhsconfed.net/
North Wales Police http://www.north-wales.police.uk/
Northamptonshire Police http://www.northants.police.uk/
Northumbria Police http://www.northumbria.police.uk/
Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) http://www.opra.gov.uk/index.shtml
Office for National Statistics (ONS) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/
Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) http://www.ocpa.gov.uk/
Office for the Regulation of Electricity & Gas (For Northern Ireland) (OFREG) http://ofreg.nics.gov.uk/
Office of Communications (Ofcom) http://www.ofcom.org.uk/
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) http://www.oft.gov.uk/
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/
Office of Government Commerce http://www.ogc.gov.uk/
Office of Government Commerce http://www.ogc.gov.uk
Office of Public Services Reform http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page249.asp
Office of Science and Technology (OST) http://www.dti.gov.uk/ost/
Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) http://www.oftel.gov.uk/
Office of the Civil Service Commissioners http://www.civilservicecommissioners.gov.uk/
Office of the E-Envoy http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/
Office of the Information Commissioner http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/
Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR) http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/
Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court http://www.offsol.demon.co.uk/
OGC Buying Solutions http://www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk/
Our Healthier Nation http://www.ohn.gov.uk/
Overseas Labour Service (OLS) http://www.dfee.gov.uk/ols/
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Parliamentary Ombudsman) http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/
Parliamentary Counsel Office http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/parliamentary-counsel/index.htm
Parole Board for England and Wales http://www.paroleboard.gov.uk/
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) http://www.pparc.ac.uk/
Planet Britain 2000 http://www.planet-britain.org/
Planning Inspectorate http://www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk/
Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) http://www.pito.org.uk/
Prescription Pricing Authority (PPA) http://www.ppa.org.uk/
Preventing Home Falls http://www.preventinghomefalls.gov.uk/
Prime Minister's Delivery Unit http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/pmdu/
Prime Minister's Office: Office Of Public Services Reform http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page249.asp
Procurement Policy Unit http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/purchasing/index.asp
Property Advisers to the Civil Estate (PACE)
Propriety and Ethics Team http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/central/
Public Appointments Unit http://www.publicappointments.gov.uk/
Public Guardianship Office http://www.guardianship.gov.uk/
Public Health Laboratory Service http://www.phls.co.uk/
Public Health Observatories
Public Record Office (PRO) http://www.pro.gov.uk/
Public Works Loan Board http://www.pwlb.gov.uk/index_pwlb.htm
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) http://www.qca.org.uk/menu.htm
Radio Authority http://www.radioauthority.org.uk/
Radiocommunications Agency (RA) http://www.radio.gov.uk/
Recruitment & Assessment Services (Capita RAS Ltd) http://www.rasnet.co.uk/index.html
Reform Strategy Group http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/reform/index.asp
Regulatory Impact Unit (RIU) http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/regulation/
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries http://www.resource.gov.uk/
Royal Air Force http://www.raf.mod.uk/
Royal Auxiliary Air Force http://www.rauxaf.mod.uk/
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) http://www.rcep.org.uk/
Royal Commission on Long Term Care for the Elderly http://www.open.gov.uk/royal-commission-elderly/
Royal Navy http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/
Royal Parks Agency http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/
Rural Payments Agency http://www.rpa.gov.uk/
Rural Payments Agency (formerly the Intervention Board) http://www.rpa.gov.uk/rpa/rpaweb.nsf?open
Sea Fish Industry Authority http://www.seafish.co.uk/
Security Service (MI5) http://www.mi5.gov.uk/
Sentencing Advisory Panel http://www.sentencing-advisory-panel.gov.uk/
Serious Fraud Office http://www.sfo.gov.uk/
Silicone Breast Implants - Independent Review Group http://www.silicone-review.gov.uk/
Simpler Trade Procedures Board (SITPRO) http://www.sitpro.org.uk/
Small Business Service http://www.businessadviceonline.org/
Social Exclusion Unit http://www.socialexclusionunit.gov.uk/
Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) http://www.ssac.org.uk/
Social Security and Child Support Commissioners http://www.hywels.demon.co.uk/commrs/
Society of Information Technology Management http://www.socitm.gov.uk/index.htm
South Wales Police http://www.south-wales.police.uk/
South Yorkshire Police http://www.southyorks.police.uk/
Sport England http://www.sportengland.org/
Staffordshire Police http://www.staffordshire.police.uk/
States of Jersey http://www.jersey.gov.uk/
Strategy Unit http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page77.asp
Student Loans Company Ltd http://www.slc.co.uk/
Surrey Police http://www.surrey.police.uk/
Sussex Police http://www.sussex.police.uk/
Sustainable Development Commission http://www.sd-commission.gov.uk/
Teacher Training Agency (TTA) http://www.canteach.gov.uk/
The Adjudicators Office http://www.open.gov.uk/adjoff/index.htm
The British Library http://www.bl.uk/
The Churches Conservation Trust http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/
The Coal Authority http://www.coal.gov.uk/
The Patent Office http://www.patent.gov.uk/
Training Standards Council http://www.tsc.gov.uk/
Treasury Solicitor's Department http://www.treasury-solicitor.gov.uk/
UK Film Council International (formerly British Film Commission) http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/
UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) http://www.hydro.gov.uk/
UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UKOLN) http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
UK Round Table on Sustainable Development http://www.open.gov.uk/roundtbl/hometb.htm
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority http://www.ukaea.org.uk/
United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) http://www.ukcc.org.uk/
United Kingdom Passport Service http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/
Valuation Office http://www.voa.gov.uk/
Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) http://www.vca.gov.uk/
Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) http://www.via.gov.uk/
Veterinary Laboratories Agency http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/vla/default.htm
Veterinary Medicines Directorate http://www.vmd.gov.uk/
Veterinary Products Committee http://www.vpc.gov.uk/
War Pensions Agency http://www.warpensions.gov.uk/
War Pensions Agency http://www.dss.gov.uk/wpa/index.htm
Warship Support Agency http://www.mod.uk/wsa/index.html
West Midlands Police http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/
West Yorkshire Police http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/
Women's National Commission http://www.thewnc.org.uk/
Women and Equality Unit http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales http://www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk/