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The Arms Length Body (ALB) landscape at a glance As at 31 March 2020: 295 ALBs 38 Executive Agencies 237 Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) 20 Non-Ministerial Departments (NMDs) The overall number of non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies and non-ministerial departments has remained at 295 compared to the previous year.
Figure 1 - Number of Non Ministerial Departments, Executive Agencies, and Non Departmental Public Bodies, broken down by department Figure 2: ALB Landscape by Gross Resource Expenditure* Figures – 31st March 2020 MCA £358m Homes England £278m Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service £4.2bn DfT £1.74bn DVLA £417m BTPA £304m DVSA £347m Rural Payments Agency £2.12bn UKSA £325m GPA £292m Arts Council England £465m Environment Agency £862m DEFRA £3.64bn CO £716m NCA £485m HO £761m DCMS £1.66bn British Council £1.26bn FCDO £1.3bn MHCLG £361m 295 ALBs Gross Resource Expenditure £223.9bn BEIS £2.56bn Legal Aid Agency £1.8bn Crown Prosecution Service £602m Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service £1.7bn Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs £4.06bn Defence Equipment & Support £1bn Education & Skills Funding Agency £58.5bn MoJ £8.2bn HMT £4.4bn MoD £2.08bn Defence & Technology Science Laboratory £706m DfE £60.4bn NHS Digital £414m HM Land Registry £283.5m NDA £1.34bn DHSE £134bn NHS-I £296m NHS England £124.8bn PHE £4.08bn HEE £4.2bn Office for Students £1.34bn • Departmental bubbles show the resource spend for all bodies hosted by that department, including non-ministerial departments in financial year 2019-20 • * Gross Resource Expenditure is measured using RDEL – Resource Delegated Expenditure Limit Figure 3: ALB Landscape by FTE numbers – 31st March 2020 Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs 58,688 VOA 3,320 SLC Ltd. 3,308 HMPPS 49,831 HMCTS 14,041 HMT 63,062 DVLA 5,449 DfT 18,335 Met Office 2,073 BTPA 4,686 DVSA 4,545 HM Land
 Registry 5,189 UKRI 7,500 BEIS 39,720.69 NDA 14,975 FCDO 11,773.8 British Council 11,523 MOJ 69,236.47 CAFCASS 2,012 CPS 5,744 GLD 2,504 CO 5388.2 UKSA 4,225 HO 6,911.98 PHE 5,546 DHSC 24,982.5 NCA 4,291 NHS Digital 2,888 HEE 1,884 NHS England 6,398 Care Quality Commission 3,068 DfE 8,527.9 295 ALBs Total FTE 318,714 DWP 4,629 HSE 2,399 Environment Agency 10,791 Animal & Plant Health Agency 2,433 Natural England 1,779 DEFRA 21,298.88 Rural Payments Agency 2,551 MoD 19,276 DSTL 4,428 Defence Equipment & Support 11,674 Figure 4: ALB Landscape by Government Funding – 31st March 2020 UK Research & Innovation £7.6bn Big Lottery Fund £640m NDA £2.3bn Met Office £224m BEIS £11.1bn Arts Council England £490m SLC Ltd. £288m Education & Skills Funding Agency £58.6bn DfE £60.6bn V&A £228m Office for Students £1.45bn HMT £45bn DCMS £2.3bn 295 ALBs Government Funding £271.9bn CO £450m UKSA £316m FCDO £237m British Council £186m MoD £1.28bn SDA £202m HMRC £44.7bn DE & S £1.04bn Legal Aid Agency £1.7bn CPS £543m MoJ £7.67bn UK Space Agency £467m Homes England £4.48bn HS2 Ltd. £3bn PHE £3.9bn MHCLG £4.53bn DfT £3.5bn MCA £382m DHSC £131.9bn NHS I £265m NHS Digital £477m HEE £4.1bn DEFRA £1.5bn HMPPS £4.5bn HMCTS £1.03bn NHS England £122.8bn Environment Agency £880m RPA £310m • Departmental bubbles show government funding for all bodies hosted by that department, including non-ministerial departments, in financial year 2019- 20.
• Government funding includes resource and capital funding • The 30 largest government funded ALBs are shown here Acronyms Departments AGO - Attorney General's Office CO - Cabinet Office BEIS - Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy DCMS - Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport DfE - Department for Education DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DIT - Department for International Trade DfT - Department for Transport DWP - Department for Work & Pensions DHSC - Department of Health & Social Care FCDO - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office HMT - HM Treasury HO - Home Office MoD - Ministry of Defence MHCLG - Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government MoJ - Ministry of Justice NIO - Northern Ireland Office SO - Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland Arms Length Bodies (ALBs) BTPA – British Transport Police Authority CQC – Care Quality Commission CAFCASS – Children and Family Court Advisory & Support Service CICA – Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority CPS – Crown Prosecution Service DSTL – Defence & Science Technology Laboratory DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency DVSA - Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency DE & S – Defence Equipment & Support GLD – Government Legal Department GPA - Government Property Agency HSE – Health & Safety Executive HEE – Health Education England HMCTS – Her Majesty's Courts & Tribunals Service HMPPS – Her Majesty's Prison & Probation Service HMRC – Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs HS2 Ltd. – High Speed 2 Ltd. MCA –
 Maritime & Coastguard Agency NCTS – National Citizens Trust Service NCA – National Crime Agency NHS BSA – NHS Business Services Authority NHS I – NHS Improvement NDA – Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NS&I – National Savings & Investment PHE – Public Health England RPA – Rural Payments Agency SDA – Submarine Delivery Agency SLC Ltd. – Student Loan Company Ltd. UKRI – UK Research & Innovation UKSA – UK Statistics Authority VOA – Valuation Office Agency V&A - Victoria & Albert Museum Public Bodies Directory 2020: Summary data tables Table 1: Number of arm’s-length bodies, ALB expenditure and ALB staff employed by Department Department No.
Bodies Attorney General’s Office Non Ministerial Department Cabinet Office Executive Agency Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Executive Agency Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Department for Education Executive Agency Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Executive Agency Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Department for Transport Executive Agency Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Department for Work and Pensions Non-Departmental Public Body Department of Health and Social Care Executive Agency Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Executive Agency Non-Departmental Public Body Her Majesty’s Treasury Executive Agency Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Total Gross Resource Spend (£000) £921,022 £921,022 £716,276 £371,481 £325,000 £19,795 £2,563,377 £515,721 £474,424 £1,573,232 £1,669,628 £70,325 £1,599,303 £60,373,101 £58,594,430 £144,692 £1,633,979 £3,642,101 £2,373,333 £71,892 £1,196,876 £1,746,786 £1,144,833 £3 £601,950 £491,212 £491,212 £134,511,932.7 £4,221,539 £135,164 £130,155,229.7 £1,321,463 £7,567 £1,313,896 £4,472,737
 £267,419 £4,201,985 £3,333 Total Staff employed (FTE) Home Office Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Ministry of Defence Executive Agency Non-Departmental Public Body Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
 Executive Agency Non-Departmental Public Body Ministry of Justice Executive Agency Non Ministerial Department Non-Departmental Public Body Northern Ireland Office Non-Departmental Public Body Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland Non-Departmental Public Body Grand Total 15 1 14 17 5 12 9 2 7 67 5 1 61 3 3 1 1 295 £761,885 £485,008 £276,877 £2,085,033 £2,043,437 £41,596 £361,996 £53,919 £308,077 £8,275,112 £8,022,523 £6,133 £246,456 £2,153 £2,153 £228 £228 £223,916,043 6911.98 4,291 2,620.98 19,276 18,963 313 2,196.7 783 1,413.7 69,236.47 66,661.48 63 2,511.99 24 24 3.24 3.24 318,714 Table 2a Non-Ministerial Departments and relevant host departments Non Ministerial Departments Charity Commission for England and Wales Competition and Markets Authority Crown Prosecution Service Food Standards Agency Forestry Commission Government Actuary's Department Government Legal Department Her Majesty's Land Registry Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs National Crime Agency National Savings and Investments (NS&I) Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL) Office of Rail and Road The National Archives Host Department Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Her Majesty's Treasury Ministry of Justice Department of Health and Social Care Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Her Majesty's Treasury Attorney General's
 Office Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Her Majesty's Treasury Home Office Her Majesty's Treasury Department for Education Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department for Education Department for Transport Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport The Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Serious Fraud Office UK Statistics Authority Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Affairs Attorney General's Office Cabinet
 Office Ministry of Justice Table 2b – ALBs hosted by Non- Ministerial Departments Organisation Advisory Committee on Animal Feeding Stuffs Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment Forest Research Regional Advisory Committees / Forestry and Woodlands Advisory Committees (x9) Classification Non- Departmental Public Body Non- Departmental Public Body Non- Departmental Public Body Non- Departmental Public Body Non- Departmental Public Body Executive Agency Non- Departmental Public Body NMD Sponsor Host Department Food Standards Agency Department of Health and Social Care Forestry Commission Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Explanatory notes the police and army, and government bodies.
Public bodies encompass a wide range of organisations with ties to the public sector such as local authorities, This directory only contains information on central government arm’s length bodies (ALBs) - a specific category of public body that is administratively classified by the Cabinet Office.
ALBs are executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies, and non-ministerial departments.1 Executive agencies (EAs) are clearly designated (and financially viable) business units within departments and are responsible for undertaking the executive functions of that department, as distinct from giving policy advice.

Non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have a role in the process of national government but are not part of a government department.
They operate at arm’s length from ministers, though a minister will be responsible to Parliament for the administration and performance of the NDPBs in their departments.

Non-ministerial departments (NMDs) operate similarly to normal government departments in the functions they perform (though they are usually more specialised and not as wide-ranging in the policy areas they cover).

They generally cover matters for which direct political oversight is judged unnecessary or inappropriate.
Cost data Source of cost data Departmental budgets are split into various control totals, as agreed by the Treasury.

The total amount that the government spends is also known as Total Managed Expenditure (TME).
This is split up into: ● departmental budgets – the amount that government departments have been allocated to spend; this is known as the Departmental Expenditure Limit, or DEL ● money spent in areas outside budgetary control – this is all spending that is not controlled by a government department and is often demand-driven such as welfare, interest payments – this is known as Annually Managed pensions and debt Expenditure, or AME ● DEL and AME can have both capital (new investment or improvement or creation of an asset, such as an IT platform) and resource (current expenditure for day to day resources and administration costs, such as pay or procurement) elements.
1 For a full list of entities, including those beyond the scope of this directory, that are consolidated into the Whole of Government Accounts please see here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ whole-of-government-accounts Read https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-understand-public-sector-spending understand spending sector public more how on to here: Last year we worked with departments to provide data relating to the following measures: Government Funding, Income, Resource Departmental Expenditure Limits (RDEL), Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (CDEL) and Resource Annually Managed Expenditure (RAME).
The same has been done this year.

Cost Data Methodology In order for comparisons between data to be transparent, we requested gross totals for RDEL, CDEL and RAME, as well as income totals as part of the finance commission.

By asking for total income and government funding, we were able to distinguish between those funds that came in from HM Government, including budget, drawdowns and grants as appropriate for the specific ALB, and other income generated by the ALB through revenues or levies.
Because these splits are not readily available through annual reports and accounts, we asked departments to complete this data themselves.

Technical definitions for cost data fields The information published reflects each body’s position at 31 March 2020 and matches the outturn figures for 2019/20 Financial Year.

Departments were asked to provide gross figures for each element and to exclude any non-cash items, such as depreciation or provisions.
the Government’s Given that transparency agenda, the rationale here was to obtain the clearest picture of how much departments had actually received and spent during the year.

the publication of Public Bodies 2020 forms part of Where departments included non-cash items in their returns, for example movements in provisions, this was identified and removed.

In instances where this has occurred, it is noted in the published excel tables which contain all financial data online.
Part ii – All other data fields The main directory has been compiled by collecting data from government departments concerning the public bodies they sponsor and, in the case of NMDs, their own activities.

Technical definitions for all other data fields The information is correct as of 31 March 2020.

Name: name of the ALB.

Department: name of the sponsoring department.

Classification: whether the body is an Executive Agency (EA), Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) or Non-Ministerial Department (NMD).
Regulatory Function: indicates where the body performs a regulatory function, which is usually defined by the Government as “exerting powers over, or imposing burdens on, other to another referral organisations or decision-maker (particularly with binding advice), accreditation or enforcement”.

individuals; by means of inspection, licensing, Description/Terms of Reference: a short description of the purpose of the body.

Date Established: the date the body was established.
Notes: other important information or to clarify other information fields.

Email and website: preferred contact and website details for the body.

Senior Responsible Officer: the name and job title of the person in the role (in the parent department).

Some departments do not use the term “Senior Responsible Officer”, but have provided a name of an individual in the parent department in a similar role.

Chair: the name of the current chair.

Chair: Ministerial or Non-ministerial Appointment?


Confirmation of how the Chair is appointed.

Is the Chair remunerated?

Confirmation of whether the Chair is remunerated or not.

remuneration for Chair’s remuneration: actual financial year 2019/20 (excluding performance related pay and pension benefits) and is a numerical entry.

This figure is either an exact figure (rounded to the nearest pound) or within a £5,000 range.
An entry of zero denotes that the post is unpaid or that the chair does not claim the remuneration to which they are entitled.

Remuneration received per day, week, month, or year?

Confirmation of the period covered by the Chair’s remuneration.

Public meetings: indicates whether any of the body’s meetings are open to the public (it does not necessarily relate to public access to the body’s board meetings).
Public minutes: indicates whether minutes or summary reports of board meetings and other meetings are published.

Where minutes are available only on request it should read ‘no’, but an explanatory note should be included.

Register of interests: indicates whether a register of interests for board members is maintained.

Ombudsman: the ombudsman, if any, within whose remit the body falls.
The most common indicating the Parliamentary and Health Service entry in the directory is ‘PHSO’ Ombudsman, which combines the two statutory roles of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (the Parliamentary Ombudsman) and Health Service Commissioner for England (Health Service Ombudsman).

Last review: the year in which the body was last reviewed.

Staff employed: the full-time equivalent (FTE) number of employees (to the nearest whole number) as at 31 March 2020.
Please note that: ● This does not include staff of the parent department providing a secretariat for bodies with an executive function but does include civil servants temporarily seconded into the body itself, and paid for by the body’s funds, and ● For NDPBs with advisory functions, which generally do not employ their own staff, the figure shown is the number of secretariat staff supplied by the parent department, where identifiable.
● Previous versions of the Public Bodies Directory were less clear in the data request for FTEs.

This means that some departments over and under-reported FTEs for particular bodies, by including staff employed across subsidiary companies.

This may explain discrepancies between this year’s and last year’s data.