The Department has sponsorship responsibility for the non-departmental public bodies listed below. Information on staff numbers for the last five years can be found in their annual report which can be downloaded from the Internet.
The advisory NDPBs sponsored by the Department incur little or no expenditure and their administration is undertaken by Departmental officials, who have other responsibilities.
Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs)
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
British Hallmarking Council
Capital for Enterprise Ltd
Competition Commission
Competition Service
Consumer Focus
Construction Industry Training Board
Design Council
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
Film Industry Training Board for England and Wales
Hearing Aid Council
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Investors in People UK
SITPRO (Simplifying International Trade)
Learning and Skills Council
Local Better Regulation Office (LBRO)
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
Office for Fair Access
Student Loans Company Ltd
Technology Strategy Board
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)
Regional Development Agencies
Advantage West Midlands
South East England Development Agency
East of England Development Agency
South West of England Regional Development Agency
ONE North East
East Midlands Development Agency
Northwest Regional Development Agency
Yorkshire Forward
Research Councils
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Medical Research Council
Natural Environment Research Council
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Advisory NDPB
Industrial Development Advisory Board
Low Pay Commission
Regional Industrial Development Boards
Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Board
Council for Science and Technology
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property
Tribunal NDPBs
Central Arbitration Committee
Competition Appeal Tribunal
Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal
Copyright Tribunal