Scottish independence: List of public bodies

THE UK Government has published details of more than 200 bodies that currently serve people and businesses in Scotland and which may need to be replicated in a new independent Scottish state.

Cabinet Office

Department for Business Innovation & Skills

Department for Culture Media & Sport

Government Equalities Office (which supports the Minister for Women and Equalities in promoting equality of opportunity and equal treatment).

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)

Department for International Development

Department for Work and Pensions

Department of Energy & Climate Change

HM Treasury

Home Office

Ministry of Defence

UK Export Finance (UK’s export credit agency, helping exporters and investors by providing credit insurance policies, political risk insurance on overseas investments and guarantees on bank loans).

Food Standards Agency

Forestry Commission

Government Actuary’s Department (provides pensions consultancy services to many of the UK public service schemes. and to a number of funded).

HM Revenue & Customs

NS&I (National Savings and Investments is responsible for providing cost-effective financing by issuing and selling savings and investment products to the public, as part of uK debt management).

Office of Fair Trading

Office of Rail Regulation

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem - Regulates the gas and electricity industries in Great Britain).

Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt (main function is the investment and management of government funds).

Public Works Loan Board (PWLB - lends from the National Loans Fund to local authorities).

Royal Mint

Supreme Court

The Crown Estate

UK Statistics Authority

UK Trade & Investment (support for exporters).

The BBC

Ofcom

Office for Judicial Complaints

Privy Council Office

Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)

The Security Service (MI5)

UK Financial Investments Ltd

Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

Companies House

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Defence Support Group

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Services.

Government Procurement Service

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

Her Majesty’s Passport Office

Intellectual Property Office

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Met Office

Ordnance Survey

Public Health England

Rural Payments Agency

The Food and Environment Research Agency

The National Archives

UK Debt Management Office (an arm of the Treasury).

The UK Hydrographic Office (produces naval charts).

UK Space Agency

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (ensures compliance with road safety legislation).

Vehicle Certification Agency

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Wilton Park (works to analyse, understand, and advance the UK’s international agenda).

Air Accidents Investigation Branch

Airports Commission

Certification Office (maintains list of trade unions).

Chevening scholarships (arm of Foreign Office).

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Office of Manpower Economics (advice on public sector pay)

Rail Accident Investigation Branch

Service Prosecuting Authority

Financial Reporting Council

Pension Protection Fund

Architects Registration Board

Civil Aviation Authority

NHS Blood and Transplant

Oil and Pipelines Agency

NHS Business Services Authority (services to NHS bodies).

Health Research Authority (protects and promotes interests of patients).

Service Complaints Commissioner (arm of MoD)

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Big Lottery Fund

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

British Council

British Film Institute

British Hallmarking Council

British Library

British Transport Police Authority

Civil Nuclear Police Authority

Civil Service Commission

Coal Authority

Committee on Climate Change

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

Competition Commission

Construction Industry Training Board

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority

Directly Operated Railways Ltd

Economic and Social Research Council

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Gambling Commission

Gangmasters Licensing Authority

Great Britain China Centre (facilitates dialogue with China’s government)

Health and Safety Executive

High Speed 2 Ltd

Horserace Betting Levy Board

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

Information Commissioner’s Office

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Marine Management Organisation

Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (deals with educational scholarships)

Medical Research Council

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation

National Heritage Memorial Fund

Natural Environment Research Council

Northern Lighthouse Board

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner

Passenger Focus/Passengers’ Council

Pensions Advisory Service

Pensions Regulator

Remploy Ltd.

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Sea Fish Industry Authority

Office for Budget Responsibility

Serious Organised Crime Agency

Student Loans Company

Technology Strategy Board

UK Anti Doping

UK Atomic Energy Authority

UK Commission for Employment and Skills

UK Sport

Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee on Animal Feeding stuffs

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors

Advisory Committee on Consumer Engagement

Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes

Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment

Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Advisory Group on Military Medicine

Advisory Council on National Records and Archives

Animals in Science Committee

Armed Forces Pay Review Body

British Pharmacopoeia Commission

Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation

Commission on Human Medicines

Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

Committee on Standards in Public Life

Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

Council for Science and Technology

Defence Nuclear Safety Committee

Defence Scientific Advisory Council

Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

Equality 2025

Export Guarantees Advisory Council

General Advisory Committee on Science

Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel

Independent Commission for Aid Impact

Low Pay Commission

Migration Advisory Committee

National Employer Advisory Board

NHS Pay Review Body

Nuclear Research Advisory Council

Police Negotiating Board

Regulatory Policy Committee

Review Board for Government Contracts

Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration

Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art

Royal Mint Advisory Committee

Science Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons

Security Vetting Appeals Panel

Senior Salaries Review Body

Social Science Research Committee

Social Security Advisory Committee

Technical Advisory Board (TAB)

Tribunal Procedure Committee

Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees

Veterinary Products Committee

Central Arbitration Committee

Competition Appeals Tribunal

Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal

Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal

Investigatory Powers Tribunal

Office of Surveillance Commissioners

Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman

Pensions Ombudsman

Police Arbitration Tribunal

Traffic Commissioners and Deputies