Under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 HM Treasury issues accounts directions to Departments, pension schemes and agencies and under the Government Trading Funds Act 1973 to trading funds.
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform operates a policy for the issue of accounts directions, where they remain existent until superseded by a new direction.
For the years 2005-06 and 2006-07 the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has issued accounts directions for the form and content of resource and other accounts to the following sponsored bodies. Where an existing accounts direction is in place this has also been noted.
2005-06
Issued Accounts Directions
Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Advantage West Midlands Regional Development Agency.
East Midlands Regional Development Agency.
East of England Regional Development Agency.
North West Regional Development Agency.
One North East Regional Development Agency.
South East England Regional Development Agency.
South West of England regional Development Agency.
Yorkshire Forward Regional Development Agency.
Civil Nuclear Police Authority.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Existing Account Directions
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils.
Economic and Social Research Council.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Medical Research Council.
Natural Environment Research Council.
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.
Research Council Pension Schemes.
British Hallmarking Council.
Coal Authority.
Competition Commission.
Competition Service.
Consumer Council for Postal Services.
Design Council.
Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.
Hearing Aid Council.
National Consumer Council.
Simpler Trade Procedures Board.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
2006-07
Issued Accounts Directions
Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Economic and Social Research Council.
Medical Research Council.
Natural Environment Research Council.
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.
Research Council Pension Schemes.
Existing Account Directions
Advantage West Midlands Regional Development Agency.
East of England Regional Development Agency.
East Midlands Regional Development Agency.
North West Regional Development Agency.
One North East Regional Development Agency.
South East England Regional Development Agency.
South West of England regional Development Agency.
Yorkshire Forward Regional Development Agency.
British Hallmarking Council.
Civil Nuclear Police Authority.
Coal Authority.
Competition Commission.
Competition Service.
Consumer Council for Postal Services.
Design Council.
Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.
Hearing Aid Council.
National Consumer Council.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Simpler Trade Procedures Board.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.