Public bodies 2013: summary data
Updated 11 July 2014
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The 2013 release of Public Bodies aims to provide a single transparent statement on a broad range of bodies sponsored by the UK government.
Public Bodies 2013 is intended to be viewed in an online spreadsheet; the tables and graphs here provide a summary of the information contained in the spreadsheet.
1. Scope of Public Bodies
Public bodies data has been published by the Cabinet Office since 1980. The 2013 release of information provides a directory of data for non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), executive agencies and almost all non-ministerial departments (NMDs) as at 31 March 2013. Whilst HMRC is a non-ministerial department, in size and profile it more closely resembles a minister-led department than other NMDs. It has therefore been exempted from this dataset.
Many of the bodies in Public Bodies 2013 were reviewed in the 2010 Public Bodies Reform Programme.
2. Number of NDPBs by sponsoring department
| Department | Advisory NDPB | Executive NDPB | Other NDPB[footnote 1] | Tribunal NDPB | Grand total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 5 | 22 | 4 | 31 | |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 5 | 33 | 1 | 39 | |
| Department for Education | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 22 | 28 | 1 | 51 | |
| Department for International Development | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Department for Transport | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Department of Energy and Climate Change | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Department of Health | 8 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Export Credits Guarantee Department | 1 | 1 | |||
| Food Standards Agency | 6 | 6 | |||
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 4 | 4 | |||
| Forestry Commission | 9 | 9 | |||
| Her Majesty’s Treasury | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Home Office | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |
| Ministry of Defence | 24 | 3 | 1 | 28 | |
| Ministry of Justice | 62 | 43 | 137 | 242 | |
| Northern Ireland Office | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Scotland Office | 1 | 1 | |||
| Grand total | 170 | 175 | 138 | 14 | 497 |
| Department | Advisory NDPB | Executive NDPB | Other NDPB | Tribunal NDPB | Grand total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 5 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 5 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| Department for Education | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 22 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
| Department for International Development | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Department for Transport | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Department of Energy and Climate Change | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Department of Health | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Export Credits Guarantee Department | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Food Standards Agency | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Forestry Commission | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Her Majesty’s Treasury | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Home Office | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| Ministry of Defence | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Ministry of Justice | 62 | 43 | 137 | 0 | 242 |
| Northern Ireland Office | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Scotland Office | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand total | 170 | 175 | 138 | 14 | 497 |
3. Expenditure & staffing of executive NDPBs by sponsoring department
| Department | No. of Exec NDPBs | Total government funding | Total expenditure[footnote 2] | Staff (FTE) employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 2 | £1,432,000 | £774,621,000 | 997 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 22 | £8,975,169,500 | £9,642,791,839 | 14,863 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 5 | £1,154,535,000 | £1,499,682,185 | 1,036 |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 33 | £1,341,717,000 | £3,250,821,756 | 12,831 |
| Department for Education | 2 | £128,792,399 | £128,243,426 | 1,693 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 28 | £992,138,000 | £1,536,445,305 | 16,737 |
| Department for International Development | 1 | £21,000,000 | £21,000,000 | 0 |
| Department for Transport | 7 | £184,565,141 | £252,249,000 | 730 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 6 | £708,233,000 | £869,422,600 | 7,903 |
| Department of Energy and Climate Change | 4 | £2,273,148,121 | £3,437,011,830 | 1,733 |
| Department of Health | 6 | £320,226,476 | £584,814,302 | 6,513 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 4 | £177,270,000 | £792,209,834 | 7,361 |
| Her Majesty’s Treasury | 1 | £1,770,000 | £1,725,000 | 17 |
| Home Office | 6 | £631,098,792 | £809,772,000 | 5,048 |
| Ministry of Defence | 3 | £18,941,160 | £29,323,481 | 264 |
| Ministry of Justice | 43 | £3,585,735,000 | £3,680,423,000 | 19,379 |
| Northern Ireland Office | 2 | £2,544,000 | £2,466,607 | 25 |
| Grand total | 175 | £20,518,315,589 | £27,313,023,165 | 97,130 |
| Department | Total government funding | Total expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | £1,432,000 | £774,621,000 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | £8,975,169,500 | £9,642,791,839 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | £1,154,535,000 | £1,499,682,185 |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | £1,341,717,000 | £3,250,821,756 |
| Department for Education | £128,792,399 | £128,243,426 |
| Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs | £992,138,000 | £1,536,445,305 |
| Department for International Development | £21,000,000 | £21,000,000 |
| Department for Transport | £184,565,141 | £252,249,000 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | £708,233,000 | £869,422,600 |
| Department for Energy and Climate Change | £2,273,148,121 | £3,437,011,830 |
| Department of Health | £320,226,476 | £584,814,302 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | £177,270,000 | £792,209,834 |
| HM Treasury | £1,770,000 | £1,725,000 |
| Home Office | £631,098,792 | £809,772,000 |
| Ministry of Defence | £18,941,160 | £29,323,481 |
| Ministry of Justice | £3,585,735,000 | £3,680,423,000 |
| Northern Ireland Office | £2,544,000 | £2,466,607 |
| Grand total | £20,518,316,000 | £27,313,023,000 |
4. Expenditure & staffing of executive agencies by sponsoring department
| Department | No. exec agencies | Total government funding | Total expenditure | Staff (FTE) employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 1 | £0 | £29,791,000 | 378 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 7 | £4,885,049,000 | £5,261,842,000 | 7,088 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 2 | £54,463,000 | £55,224,000 | 685 |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 1 | £14,411,000 | £38,123,000 | 110 |
| Department for Education | 3 | £52,061,812,974 | £52,043,479,843 | 1,210 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 5 | £394,235,000 | £537,270,000 | 5,881 |
| Department for Transport | 6 | £2,256,709,000 | £3,178,769,000 | 14,640 |
| Department of Health | 1 | £9,231,000 | £96,608,000 | 936 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 2 | £800,000 | £139,828,000 | 891 |
| Forestry Commission | 2 | £33,449,000 | £130,584,000 | 969 |
| Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 1 | £191,946,845 | £189,790,234 | 3,501 |
| Her Majesty’s Treasury | 1 | £17,100,000 | £16,200,000 | 107 |
| Home Office | 3 | £614,160,000 | £1,970,009,000 | 16,714 |
| Ministry of Defence | 4 | £800,079,000 | £941,292,000 | 7,046 |
| Ministry of Justice | 3 | £4,863,744,000 | £5,955,121,582 | 58,581 |
| Grand total | 42 | £66,197,189,819 | £70,583,931,659 | 118,737 |
| Department | Total government funding | Total expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | £0 | £29,791,000 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | £4,885,049,000 | £5,261,842,000 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | £54,463,000 | £55,224,000 |
| Deparment for Culture, Media and Sport | £14,411,000 | £38,123,000 |
| Department for Education | £52,061,812,974 | £52,043,479,843 |
| Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs | £394,235,000 | £537,270,000 |
| Department for Transport | £2,256,709,000 | £3,178,769,000 |
| Department of Health | £9,231,000 | £96,608,000 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth office | £800,000 | £139,828,000 |
| Forestry Commission | £33,449,000 | £130,584,000 |
| HM Revenue & Customs | £191,946,845 | £189,790,234 |
| HM Treasury | £17,100,000 | £16,200,000 |
| Home Office | £614,160,000 | £1,970,009,000 |
| Ministry of Defence | £800,079,000 | £941,292,000 |
| Ministry of Justice | £4,863,744,000 | £5,955,121,582 |
| Grand total | £66,197,189,819 | £70,583,931,659 |
5. Expenditure and staffing of non-ministerial departments
| Non-ministerial department[footnote 3] | Total government funding | Total expenditure | Staff (FTE) employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charity Commission for England and Wales | £26,210,000 | £25,773,026 | 320 |
| Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt[footnote 4] | |||
| Crown Prosecution Service | £592,000,000 | £629,000,000 | 6,766 |
| Food Standards Agency | £89,973,000 | £128,953,000 | 1,170 |
| Forestry Commission | £27,573,000 | £45,412,000 | 451 |
| Government Actuary’s Department | -£1,610,000 | £15,064,000 | 145 |
| Her Majesty’s Land Registry | £0 | £238,266,000 | 4,060 |
| National Archives, The | £40,550,000 | £39,173,000 | 599 |
| National Savings and Investments | £168,418,000 | £196,861,000 | 167 |
| Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) | £156,998,000 | £171,089,000 | 1,207 |
| Office of Fair Trading (OFT) | £102,064,000 | £99,409,000 | 651 |
| Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) | £700,000 | £90,461,000 | 685 |
| Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL) | £18,158,000 | £17,272,000 | 148 |
| Office of Rail Regulation | £2,000 | £29,960,000 | 290 |
| Office of Water Services (Ofwat) | £0 | £20,089,000 | 180 |
| Ordnance Survey | £0 | £112,658,000 | 1,178 |
| Public Works Loan Board[footnote 5] | |||
| Serious Fraud Office | £49,133,000 | £39,135,000 | 292 |
| Treasury Solicitor’s Department | £6,708,000 | £108,485,000 | 1,046 |
| UK Statistics Authority | £197,000,000 | £177,000,000 | 3,007 |
| UK Supreme Court | £5,900,000 | £13,367,000 | 47 |
| UK Trade & Investment | £100,119,000 | £108,650,000 | 571 |
| Grand total | £1,579,896,000 | £2,306,077,026 | 22,980 |
| Non-ministerial department | Total government funding | Total expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| Charity Commission | £26,210,000 | £25,773,026 |
| Crown Prosecution Service | £592,000,000 | £629,000,000 |
| Food Standards Agency | £89,973,000 | £128,953,000 |
| Forestry Commission | £27,573,000 | £45,412,000 |
| Government Actuary’s Department | -£1,610,000 | £15,064,000 |
| HM Land Registry | £0 | £238,266,000 |
| National Archives | £40,550,000 | £39,173,000 |
| National Savings and Investments | £168,418,000 | £196,861,000 |
| OFSTED | £156,998,000 | £171,089,000 |
| Office of Fair Trading | £102,064,000 | £99,409,000 |
| Ofgem | £700,000 | £90,461,000 |
| OFQUAL | £18,158,000 | £17,272,000 |
| Office of Rail Regulation | £2,000 | £29,960,000 |
| Ofwat | £0 | £20,089,000 |
| Ordnance Survey | £0 | £112,658,000 |
| Office of Fair Trading | £49,133,000 | £39,135,000 |
| Treasury Solicitor’s Department | £6,708,000 | £108,485,000 |
| UK Statistics Authority | £197,000,000 | £177,000,000 |
| UK Supreme Court | £5,900,000 | £13,367,000 |
| UK Trade & Investment | £100,119,000 | £108,650,000 |
| Grand total | £1,579,896,000 | £2,306,077,026 |
6. Appointments and diversity information
| Department | Total appts | Appts for which gender is known | Female appts[footnote 6] | % Female appts | Appts for which ethnicity is known | Appts declared ethnic minority background | Appts for which disability is known | Appts declared disability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 80 | 80 | 24 | 30% | 40 | ~ | 33 | ~ |
| Charity Commission for England and Wales | 6 | 6 | 2 | 33% | 6 | ~ | 6 | ~ |
| Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crown Prosecution Service | 8 | 8 | 1 | 13% | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 526 | 499 | 113 | 23% | 313 | 8 | 233 | 8 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 66 | 66 | 18 | 27% | 49 | ~ | 39 | ~ |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 391 | 390 | 124 | 32% | 105 | 12 | 74 | ~ |
| Department for Education | 29 | 29 | 14 | 48% | 18 | ~ | 18 | ~ |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 597 | 419 | 76 | 18% | 170 | ~ | 125 | ~ |
| Department for International Development | 17 | 17 | 6 | 35% | 3 | ~ | 0 | 0 |
| Department for Transport | 120 | 120 | 27 | 23% | 52 | ~ | 58 | 9 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 87 | 87 | 26 | 30% | 51 | ~ | 57 | 16 |
| Department of Energy and Climate Change | 59 | 46 | 9 | 20% | 28 | 0 | 30 | ~ |
| Department of Health | 161 | 161 | 52 | 32% | 125 | 13 | 114 | 5 |
| Export Credits Guarantee Department | 8 | 8 | 3 | 38% | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Food Standards Agency | 99 | 99 | 34 | 34% | 47 | ~ | 66 | ~ |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 56 | 56 | 17 | 30% | 40 | ~ | 29 | 0 |
| Forestry Commission | 84 | 84 | 21 | 25% | 5 | 0 | 70 | ~ |
| Government Actuary’s Department | 3 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Her Majesty’s Land Registry | 6 | 6 | 3 | 50% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 3 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Her Majesty’s Treasury | 19 | 19 | 4 | 21% | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Home Office | 150 | 144 | 43 | 30% | 84 | 8 | 74 | ~ |
| Ministry of Defence | 403 | 403 | 84 | 21% | 367 | ~ | 339 | 5 |
| Ministry of Justice | 3388 | 3388 | 1597 | 47% | 1204 | 102 | 1172 | 51 |
| National Archives, The | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Savings and Investments | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland Office | 18 | 18 | 5 | 28% | 18 | ~ | 17 | ~ |
| Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) | 9 | 9 | 3 | 33% | 8 | ~ | 7 | 0 |
| Office of Fair Trading (OFT) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL) | 13 | 13 | 5 | 38% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office of Rail Regulation | 12 | 12 | 3 | 25% | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Office of Water Services (Ofwat) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 43% | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ordnance Survey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public Works Loan Board | 9 | 9 | 4 | 44% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland Office | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serious Fraud Office | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Treasury Solicitor’s Department | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UK Statistics Authority | 10 | 10 | 3 | 30% | 1 | ~ | 9 | 0 |
| UK Supreme Court | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Trade & Investment | 7 | 7 | 2 | 29% | 6 | 0 | 6 | ~ |
| Grand total | 6483 | 6258 | 2333 | 37% | 2801 | 173 (6%) | 2634 | 115 (4%) |
This table indicates the diversity of boards as at 31 March 2013. The high number of unknown and undeclared entries for ethnicity and disability entries means caution should be exercised before drawing any conclusions from the information in those areas. ~ represents numbers less than 5. Percentages given are based on number of known declarations.
7. Public Bodies 2013 data
The data contained in this report represents management information that is provided in the interests of improving transparency in the public bodies sector. They are not official statistics. Unless stated otherwise a common reporting date of 31 March 2013 is used. More recently updated information may be available, for example data is published by sponsoring departments and the Office for National Statistics. In addition, related information on public appointments is published by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
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Independent monitoring boards of prisons, immigration removal centres and short-term holding rooms ↩
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Excludes expenditure for Directly Operated Railways (DOR) which cannot be provided. See the notes in the DOR entry for further detail. ↩
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HM Revenue & Customs is not included. ↩
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Functions are carried out by the United Kingdom Debt Management Office. ↩
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Functions are carried out by the United Kingdom Debt Management Office. ↩
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Cabinet Office publishes information separately on the percentage of public appointments given to women. ↩