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This page links to the websites of UK central government offices, agencies, non departmental public bodies, government sponsored sites, etc. Single issue and government initiative websites are now listed in their own section, A separate Central Government page lists cabinet departments & other core government institutions.

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• Government Actuary's Department
• The Adjudicators Office
• Adult Learning Inspectorate
• Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment (ACBE)
• Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment (ACCPE)
• Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
• Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (ACGT)
• Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (DEFRA)
• Advisory, Concilliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
• Advisory Committees on Telecommunications
• Advisory Committees on Telecommunications for Disabled & Elderly People
• Advisory Council on Public Records
• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
• Agricultural Research Institute Of Northern Ireland
• Air Accident Investigation Branch
• Alcohol Education and Research Council
• The Animal Procedures Committee
• Appeals Service
• Area Child Protection Committees
• The Army
• Army Training and Recruiting Agency
• The Arts Council of England
• The Arts Council of Wales
• Assets Recovery Agency
• Association of Commonwealth Universities
• Association of London Government
• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
• Atomic Weapons Establishment
• Atomic Weapons Establishment - Blacknest
• The Audit Commission
• Audit Scotland

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• Bank of England
• The Benefits Agency- now folded into the Department for Work and Pensions
• Biotechnology Exploitation Platform (BEP)
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
• Bloody Sunday Inquiry
• Boards of Visitors to Penal Establishments
• Boundary Commission for Scotland
• British Antarctic Survey
• British Association for Central and Eastern Europe
• British Council
• British Educational and Communications Agency (BECTa)
• The British Film Institute
• British Forces Post Office Agency
• Britain in the USA - British Information Service of the British Embassy in Washington
• British Geological Survey
• British Library
• The British Monarchy, the official web site
• British Museum
• British National Space Centre
• British Official Publications Current Awareness Service (BOPCAS)
• The British Pharmacopoeia Commission
• British Pharmacopoeia Commission Laboratory
• The British Potato Council
• British Standards Institution
• British Tourist Authority
• The British Waterways Board
• The Broadcasting Standards Commission
• The Broads Authority
• Building Research Establishment

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• Castle Vale Housing Action Trust
• Central Arbitration Committee (CAC)
• Central Community Relations Unit
• Central Office of Information (COI)
• Central Police Training and Development Authority
• Central Science Laboratory
• Centre for Applied Microbiology & Research (CAMR)
• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
• Centre for Management and Policy Studies
• Charity Commission for England and Wales
• Children's Commissioner for Wales
• Child Support Agency
• Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)
• Citizen's Charter Unit - Northern Ireland
• Civil Aviation Authority
• Civil Justice Council
• Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland
• Civil Service Pensions
• The Office of the Civil Service Commissioners (OCSC)
• The Coal Authority
• The College of Arms
• Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
• Commission for Health Improvement
• Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
• Commission for Integrated Transport
• The Commission for Local Administration in England
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC)
• Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE)
• Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP)
• Committee on the Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM)
• Committee on Standards in Public Life (The Wicks Committee)
• Central Information Technology Unit (Northern Ireland)
• Community Learning Scotland
• Communities Scotland
• Companies House
• Commonwealth Institute
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
• Community Fund (formerly the National Lottery Charities Board)
• Competition Commission (formerly the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC))
• Construction Industry Training Board
• Construction Industry Training Board (Northern Ireland)
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
• The Copyright Tribunal
• The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
• The Council for Science and Technology
• Council on Tribunals
• Countryside Agency
• Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CLRC)
• Countryside Council for Wales
• Court Service
• Covent Garden Market Authority
• Crime Reduction Website
• Criminal Courts Review
• Criminal Cases Review Commission
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
• CJOnline - Criminal Justice Online
• Criminal Justice Northern Ireland (CJSNI)
• Criminal Records Bureau
• Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure Website
• Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Customs and Excise

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• Debt Management Office
• Deer Commission for Scotland
• Defence Advisory Notices
• Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA)
• Defence Aviation Repair Agency
• Defence Bills Agency
• Defence Diversification Agency
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
• Defence Storage & Distribution Agency
• Defence Procurement Agency (DPA)
• Defence Technology Centres
• Defence Vetting Agency
• The Dental Practice Board
• Department of Health Quality Protects Programme
• Design Council
• Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
• Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board
• Docklands Light Railway
• Drinking Water Inspectorate
• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
• Driving Standards Agency (DSA)

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• East Midlands Observatory
• East Midlands Regional Archive Council
• East Midlands Regional Assembly
• Office of the e-Envoy
• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Electoral Commission
• Employers Organisation (EO)
• Employment Tribunals
• Employment Tribunals Service
• Employment Appeal Tribunal
• Employment Tribunal System Taskforce
• Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• English Heritage
• English Nature
• English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
• English Partnerships
• English Tourism Council
• Enjoy England - the official website of the English Tourist Board
• Enterprise Ulster
• Environment Agency
• Environment Action
• Equal Opportunities Commission
• Estate Agents Ombudsman
• Expert Advisory Group on AIDS
• Export Credits Guarantee Department

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• Facilitating Inclusion in the North East (FINE)
• Family Health Services Appeal Authority
• Film Council
• The Financial Ombudsman
• The Financial Services Authority (FSA)
• Fire Services Examinations Board
• Fisheries Research Services
• The Food Standards Agency
• The Food Standards Agency Wales
• Football Licensing Authority
• Football Foundation
• Forensic Science Service
• Forensic Service of Northern Ireland
• Forestry Commission
• Forest Service of Northern Ireland
• Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit
• Further Education Funding Council For Wales

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• Gaming Board for Great Britain
• Gene Therapy Advisory Committee (GTAC)
• Genetics and Insurance Committee
• General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
• General Register Office for England and Wales
• General Register Office for Northern Ireland
• General Register Office for Scotland
• General Social Care Council
• General Teaching Council for England
• The Gibraltar Ombudsman
• Government Car and Despatch Agency
• Government Gateway
• Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
• Government Information and Communication Service (GICS)
• Government Legal Service
• Government Office for the East Midlands (GO-EM)
• Government Office for East of England (GO-EE)
• Government Office for London
• Government Office for the North East (GO-NE)
• Government Office for the North West (GO-NW)
• Government Office for the Regions
• Government Office for the South East (GO-SE)
• Government Office for the South West (GO-SW)
• Government Office for the West Midlands (GO-WM)
• Government Office for Yorkshire & the Humber (GO-YH)
• Government Statistical Service (GSS)
• Great Britain China Centre
• Greater London Authority

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• Hannah Research Institute
• Health Development Agency (HDA)
• Health Development Agency (HDA)
• Health Education Board for Scotland
• Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
• Health and Safety Laboratory
• Health Protection Agency
• The Health Service Ombudsman
• Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre
• HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
• Her Majesty's Magistrates' Courts Service Inspectorate
• Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education and Training in Wales (ESTYN)
• Her Majesty's Prison Service
• Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Higher Education Funding Council for England
• Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
• Higher Education Statistics Agency
• The Highlands and Islands Enterprise Network
  • hiecommerce - The HIE's dedicated e-commerce website
  • HI Arts
  • Broadband for Business
  • hieonline - a service provided by the Highlands & Islands Enterprise Network
  • Hi-ways - a result of the collaboration of various public sector organisations and agencies in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
• Highways Agency
• HM Land Registry
• Home-Grown Cereals Authority
• Horserace Betting Levy Board
• Horserace Totalisator Board (The Tote)
• Horticulture Research International
• House of Commons
• House of Lords
• House of Lords Appointments Commission
• The Housing Corporation
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
• Human Genetics Commission
• Human Rights Unit
• Human Rights Commission (Northern Ireland)

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• Immigration and Nationality Directorate
• Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA)
• Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
• Imperial War Museum
• Incident Contact Centre
• Independent Case Examiner for the Child Support Agency
• Independent Complaints Reviewer
• The Independant Housing Ombudsman
• The Independent Police Complaints Commission
• Information Age Practice Unit
• Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
• Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal, Northern Ireland
• Inland Revenue - Self Assessment Tax Return
• The Insolvency Service
• Institute of Trading Standards Administration
• Isle of Man Government
• Isle of Man Parliament (Tynwald)
• Invest Northern Ireland

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• States of Jersey
• Jobcentre Plus
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
• Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
• Judicial Studies Board

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• Office of Law Reform (Northern Ireland)
• HM Land Registry
  • E-Conveyancing
• Cofrestrfa Tir EM (HM Land Registry, Welsh Site)
• Land Registers of Northern Ireland
• Land Register for Scotland - Registers of Scotland
• Laganside Corporation
• Law Commission for England and Wales
• Learning and Teaching Scotland
• Learning Skills Council
  • Data Collections & Analysis
• Learning and Skills Development Agency
• Legal Services Commission
• Legal Services Commission
• The Legal Services Ombudsman
• Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers
• UK Office for Library and Information Networking
• Liverpool Housing Action Trust
• Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
• Local Government Association
• Local Government Data Unit Wales
• Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales
• Local Government Ombudsman - England
• Local Government Ombudsman - Scotland
• Local Government Ombudsman - Wales
• Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland
• London Docklands Development Corporation History Pages - Although the LDDC was wound up in 1998 its work continues to attract interest and these pages have been put together by ex members of staff of the Corporation.
• London Emergency Services Liaison Panel
• Mayor and Assembly for London
• London Pensions Fund Authority
• Lord Chancellor's Department - Human Rights Unit
• Lothian Valuation Joint Board
• Low Pay Commission

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• Macauley Land Use Research Institute
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB)
• Marine Consents and Environment Unit
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
• Royal Marines
• Mayor and Assembly for London
• Medicines Control Agency (MCA)
• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
• Medical Practices Committee
• Medical Research Council
• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
• Milk Development Council (MDC)
• MI5
• Millennium Commission

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• National Archives of Scotland
• National Assembly for Wales
• National Audit Office
• National Blood Service
• National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland
• National Care Standards Commission
• National Clinical Assessment Authority (NCAA)
• National College for School Leadership
• National Council for Educational Technology (NCET)
• National Consumer Council
  • Publications on European issues
• National Criminal Intelligence Service
• National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
• National Environmental Research Council (NERC)
• National Film and Television School (NFTS)
• National Gallery
• National Grid for Learning (NGFL)
• National Health Service Information Authority
• National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB)
• National Hi-Tech Crime Unit
• National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre
• National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• National Institute for Medical Research
• National Library of Scotland
• National Library of Wales
• National Lottery Commission
• National Measurement System Directorate
• National Patient Safety Agency
• National Prescribing Centre
• National Physical Laboratory
• National Radiological Protection Board
• National Savings
• Natural Environment Research Council
• Natural History Museum
• Royal Navy
• New Opportunities Fund
• NHS Confederation
• NHS Direct
• NHS Direct Wales
• NHS Estates
• NHS Information Standards Board
• NHS Modernisation Agency
• NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS)
• The New Northern Ireland Assembly
• North Eastern Education and Library Board (Northern Ireland)
• North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee
• North London Waste Authority
• North West Regional Archive Council
• Northern Ireland Civil Service and Agencies
• Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
• Northern Ireland Court Service
• Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue
• Northern Ireland Health Promotion Agency
• Northern Ireland Housing Executive
• Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee
• Northern Ireland Ombudsman
• Northern Ireland Policing Board
• Northern Ireland Tourist Board
• Northern Lighthouse Board

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• Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority
• Office of The Accountant in Bankruptcy (Scotland)
• Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA)
• The Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
• The Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
• The Office of the Civil Service Commissioners (OCSC)
• Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
• The Office of Gas & Electricity Markets (OFGEM)
• Office of the Information Commissioner
• Office of Manpower Economics (OME)
• OGC Buying Solutions
• Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR)
• Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas (for Northern Ireland) (OFREG)
• Office of the International Rail Regulator (OIRR)
• Office of Science and Technology (OST)
• Office of the E-Envoy
• Office of Social Security and Child Support Commissioners
• Office of Water Services (OFWAT)
• Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA)
• The Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court
• OGC Buying Solutions
• Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Health Service Ombudsman
• Ordnance Survey
  • National GPS Network - from the OS this site is an essential resource for the precise Global Positioning System (GPS) user in Great Britain.
• Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland

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• Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
• The Parliamentary Ombudsman
• Parole Board for England and Wales
• Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
• UK Passport Service
• The Patent Office
• The Pensions Ombudsman
• The Planning Inspectorate
• Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO)
• Postal Services Commission (POSTCOMM)
• Postwatch
• Postwatch Scotland
• Postwatch Wales
• Prescription Pricing Authority
• Her Majesty's Prison Service
• Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
• The Privy Council Office
• Protection of Children Act Tribunal
• Public Appointments Unit
• Public Guardianship Office
• Public Health Laboratory Service
• Public Health Observatories
• Public Health Laboratory Service in Wales
• Public Record Office
• Public Register of Data Controllers
• Public Service Reform Unit
• Public Works Loan Board (PWLB)

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• QinetiQ
• The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
• Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC)
• Queen's Award Office

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• Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee
• Rail Passengers Council
• The Railway Heritage Committee
• Recruitment & Assessment Services
• Regulatory Impact Unit
• Registers of Scotland
• The Rent Service
• Research Councils of the UK
• Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Galleries
• Review of Tribunals
• Rowett Research Institute
• Royal Air Force
• Royal College of Defence Studies
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments in Scotland
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
• Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
• Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
• Royal Insight
• Royal National College for the Blind
• Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
• The Royal Parks
• Rural Payments Agency

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• Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (SCOTH)
• The Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (SASA)
• Scottish Arts Council
• Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE)
• Scottish Crop Research Institute
• Scottish Executive Central Research Unit (CRU)
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• Scottish Executive State Aid Unit
• Scottish Further Education Unit
• Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
• Scottish Law Commission
• Scottish Legal Aid Board
• The Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• Scottish Enterprise
  • E-Commerce Scotland
  • Small Business Gateway
• The Scottish Courts
• Scottish Parliamentary Commissioner
• The Scottish Prison Service
• Scottish Qualifications Authority
• Scottish Screen
• Scottish Water
• Sea Fish Industry Authority
• Sector Skills Development Agency
• Sentencing Advisory Panel
• Serious Fraud Office
• Social Exclusion Unit (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)
• Social Security Advisory Committee
• SOCITM - Society of Information Technology Management
• Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTTS)
• South Eastern Education and Library Board (Northern Ireland)
• South East England Regional Assembly
• South West Regional Assembly
• Special Educational Needs Tribunal
• Special Constabulary
• Sport England
• Sportscotland
• Sports Council for Northern Ireland
• Standing Medical Advisory Committee (SMAC)
• Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee (SNMAC)
• The Standing Committee on Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (SCOPME)
• Stonebridge Housing Action Trust
• Strategy Unit (Cabinet Office)
• Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• The Student Loans Company
• Suffolk Probation Service
• Office of the Surveillance Commissioners (OSC)
• Sustainable Development Commission
• Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Scotland
• Syniad - the Improvement, Development and Employers' Agency for Local Government in Wales

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• Teacher Training Agency
• Technical Advisory Board
• Transport for London (TfL)
  • The Public Carriage Office
  • Transport for London WAP Services
• The Treasury Solicitor
  • Bona Vacantia Division
• Trinity House Lighthouse Service

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• UK Airprox Board
• United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
• United Kingdom Xenotransplanatation Interim Regulatory Authority (UKXIRA)
• UK National Screening Committee
• UK Parliament
• UK Passport Service
• UK Sport
• Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority (ULTRA)

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• The Valuation Office Agency
• Valuation Tribunals Service
• Vehicle Certification Agency
• Veterinary Laboratories Agency
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Veterinary Products Committee
• Veterinary Residues Committee (VRC)
• Veterans Agency
• Visit Scotland

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• Warship Support Agency
• Water Industry Commissioner For Scotland
• Water Voice
• Welsh Administration Ombudsman
• Wales Office
• Wales Tourist Board
• Wales Trade
• Welsh Consumer Council
• Welsh European Funding Office
• Welsh Language Board
• Welsh Development Agency
• Wildlife and Countryside Directorate
• Women in Science, Engineering and Technology
• Women's National Commission
• Women and Equality Unit
• Working Group On Football Disorder

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• Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

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otherpages Other directories compiled by Tagish include

• Government Agencies by Department
• Single issue and government initiative websites
• Local Government Web Sites
• Local Government Related Web Sites
• Parish and Town Council Web Sites
• Other Public Sector Organisation Web Sites
• Selected Useful Web Sites
• Tagish's Essential List of UK Information Sources

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