Public bodies 2014: summary data
Updated 5 October 2015
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1. Introduction
The main report of Public Bodies 2014 sets out an annual update of the progress in rationalising the public bodies landscape, the savings made and the legacy delivered by the work on sponsorship and triennial review programme, which will enable reform to continue after the public bodies reform programme is completed.
Public Bodies 2014 contains a single transparent source of top-level data on all non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies and non-ministerial departments. The data directory, which forms Annex A, shows a snapshot of public bodies as of 31 March 2014 unless otherwise stated.
These data are published in order to make the public bodies more transparent, which in turn helps taxpayers hold decision-makers to account. Public Bodies 2014 is an online publication and the data will be updated quarterly, where applicable, for improved transparency.
Many of the bodies in Public Bodies 2014 were reviewed in the 2010 Public Bodies Reform Programme.
2. Non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) by department
| Department | NDPB type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advisory | Executive | Other | Tribunal | 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 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| Department for Education | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Department for Environment Executive NDPB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Department for International Development | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Department for Transport | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Department of Energy and Climate Change | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Department of Health | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 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 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Ministry of Justice | 60 | 42 | 132 | 0 | 234 |
| Northern Ireland Office | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Scotland Office | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 149 | 154 | 133 | 14 | 450 |
3. Executive NDPBs
| Department | No. of Exec NDPBs | Total government funding | Total expenditure | Staff (FTE) employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 2 | £1,431,000 | £971,834,000 | 1,011 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 22 | £9,388,817,769 | £9,743,756,524 | 14,685 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 5 | £2,338,386,000 | £1,200,633,000 | 1,058 |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 31 | £1,393,605,014 | £2,650,618,754 | 10,257 |
| Department for Education | 2 | £127,453,000 | £127,195,000 | 1,744 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 10 | £957,552,000 | £1,548,131,426 | 14,653 |
| Department for International Development | 1 | £23,709,000 | £24,080,000 | 0 |
| Department for Transport | 6 | £214,509,264 | £268,099,900 | 881 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 6 | £578,205,269 | £706,538,750 | 5,083 |
| Department of Energy and Climate Change | 4 | £3,230,726,000 | £3,244,339,661 | 1,768 |
| Department of Health[footnote 1] | 6 | £432,841,262 | £528,834,276 | 5,349 |
| Foreign & Commonwealth Office | 4 | £170,390,000 | £794,168,424 | 8,071 |
| Her Majesty’s Treasury | 1 | £1,770,000 | £1,736,000 | 21 |
| Home Office | 6 | £273,419,000 | £430,728,001 | 5,180 |
| Ministry of Defence | 3 | £19,528,700 | £32,088,597 | 371 |
| Ministry of Justice | 42 | £1,289,100,000 | £1,575,840,000 | 17,302 |
| Northern Ireland Office | 2 | £2,386,000 | £2,360,000 | 15 |
| Grand Total | 153* | £20,443,829,278 | £23,850,982,313 | 87,449 |
Out of a total of 450 non-departmental public bodies, this financial analysis covers the 153 [footnote 1] Executive NDPBs which spend the most. This follows the same methodology used in previous year’s exercises.
The table excludes data for Civil Nuclear Police Authority, National Police Improvement Agency, Public Lending Right and Remploy, which could not be provided.
4. Executive agencies by government department
| Department | No. of exec agencies | Total government funding | Total expenditure | Staff (FTE) employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 1 | £45,127,000 | 483 | |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 7 | £4,127,203,000 | £5,123,884,000 | 6,885 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 2 | £36,200,000 | £59,678,000 | 754 |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 1 | £13,251,000 | £35,767,000 | 105 |
| Department for Education | 3 | £54,670,032,094 | £54,896,496,816 | 1,203 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 5 | £429,814,000 | £509,131,000 | 5,759 |
| Department for Transport | 6 | £2,534,112,000 | £3,589,062,000 | 13,894 |
| Department of Health | 2 | £3,609,469,000 | £3,851,946,000 | 6,355 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 2 | £1,050,000 | £158,450,000 | 1,011 |
| Forestry Commission | 2 | £27,251,000 | £111,193,000 | 1,007 |
| Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 1 | £187,144,000 | £194,925,000 | 3,487 |
| Her Majesty’s Treasury | 1 | £17,239,000 | £20,337,000 | 108 |
| Home Office | 1 | £392,638,000 | 3,353 | |
| Ministry of Defence | 3 | £835,373,000 | £970,920,000 | 7,160 |
| Ministry of Justice | 4 | £6,686,969,000 | £8,290,347,306 | 54,598 |
| Grand Total | 41 | £73,175,107,094 | £78,249,902,122 | 106,162 |
5. Expenditure and staffing of non-ministerial departments
| Non-ministerial departments | Total goverment funding | Total expenditure | Staff (FTE) employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charity Commission for England and Wales | £23,414,000 | £23,210,000 | 311 |
| Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt | |||
| Crown Prosecution Service | £563,000,000 | £552,000,000 | 6,166 |
| Food Standards Agency | £93,181,000 | £131,180,000 | 1,264 |
| Forestry Commission | £20,621,000 | £45,467,000 | 452 |
| Government Actuary’s Department | -£3,480,000 | £15,490,000 | 147 |
| Her Majesty’s Land Registry | £0 | £246,176,000 | 3,929 |
| National Archives, The | £35,881,000 | £46,873,000 | 594 |
| National Crime Agency | £670,121,000 | £530,302,000 | 4,547 |
| National Savings and Investments | £148,854,000 | £200,142,000 | 164 |
| Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) | £156,605,000 | £170,499,000 | 1,227 |
| Office of Fair Trading (OFT) | £71,167,000 | £66,031,000 | 641 |
| Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) | £700,000 | £90,022,000 | 834 |
| Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) | £18,554,000 | £18,788,000 | 191 |
| Office of Rail Regulation | £3,000 | £28,787,000 | 265 |
| Office of Water Services (Ofwat) | £0 | £31,900,000 | 192 |
| Ordnance Survey | £0 | £115,818,000 | 1,190 |
| Public Works Loan Board | |||
| Serious Fraud Office | £57,047,000 | £52,674,000 | 305 |
| Treasury Solicitor’s Department | £4,529,000 | £132,251,000 | 1,283 |
| UK Statistics Authority | £186,000,000 | £170,000,000 | 2,984 |
| UK Supreme Court | £5,516,000 | £12,747,000 | 49 |
| UK Trade & Investment | £166,401,000 | £173,526,000 | 0 |
| Grand Total | £2,218,114,000 | £2,853,883,000 | 26,735 |
Whilst HM Revenue & Customs is a non-ministerial department, in size and profile it more closely resembles a minister-led department than other NMDs. It has therefore been excluded from this dataset.
The Commissioner for the Reduction of the National Debt and Public Works Loan Board functions are entirely carried out by, and incorporated into the UK Debt Management Office.
6. Equalities
| Department | No. appointments for which gender is known | No. appointments female | % of known appointments female | No. appointments for which ethnicity is known | No. appointments BME | No. appointments for which disability (or lack thereof) is known | No. appointments disabled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 78 | 21 | 27% | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charity Commission for England and Wales | 8 | 3 | 38% | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crown Prosecution Service | 8 | 2 | 25% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 423 | 96 | 23% | 41 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 45 | 14 | 31% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 164 | 47 | 29% | 40 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Department for Education | 30 | 13 | 43% | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Department for Environment Executive NDPB | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 184 | 42 | 23% | 162 | 2 | 44 | 2 |
| Department for International Development | 17 | 6 | 35% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Department for Transport | 90 | 25 | 28% | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 79 | 23 | 29% | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Department of Energy and Climate Change | 43 | 7 | 16% | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Department of Health | 164 | 61 | 37% | 132 | 11 | 101 | 0 |
| Export Credits Guarantee Department | 8 | 3 | 38% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Food Standards Agency | 44 | 17 | 39% | 42 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 66 | 12 | 18% | 66 | 4 | 66 | 0 |
| Forestry Commission | 9 | 1 | 11% | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Government Actuary’s Department | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Her Majesty’s Land Registry | 8 | 1 | 13% | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Her Majesty’s Treasury | 19 | 2 | 11% | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Home Office | 139 | 50 | 36% | 56 | 0 | 42 | 23 |
| Ministry of Defence | 340 | 69 | 20% | 41 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ministry of Justice | 3064 | 1379 | 45% | 262 | 8 | 977 | 14 |
| National Archives, The | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Crime Agency | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Savings and Investments | 14 | 3 | 21% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland Office | 13 | 6 | 46% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) | 9 | 3 | 33% | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Office of Fair Trading (OFT) | 6 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) | 10 | 1 | 10% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL) | 13 | 4 | 31% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office of Rail Regulation | 10 | 3 | 30% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office of Water Services (Ofwat) | 12 | 5 | 42% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ordnance Survey | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public Works Loan Board | 9 | 3 | 33% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland Office | 3 | 1 | 33% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serious Fraud Office | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Treasury Solicitor’s Department | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Statistics Authority | 8 | 3 | 38% | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Supreme Court | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Trade & Investment | 7 | 2 | 29% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand Total | 5161 | 1933 | 37% | 992 | 60 (6%) | 1335 | 44 (3%) |
Figures for ‘appointments’ refer to the makeup of boards, including the chairs, as of 31 March 2014.
This table indicates the diversity of boards as at 31 March 2014. 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. Percentages given are based on number of known declarations.
The Cabinet Office publishes information separately on the percentage of new appointments of women to public positions.