Government departments and agencies 
that we work with
Former name(s)
Departmental codes used in 
our Catalogue
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
CW
Agriculture and Horticulture 
Development Board
FY
Animal Health
MAF
Arts and Humanities Research Council Atomic Weapons Establishment
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment 
ES
Attorney General's Office
LO
Big Lottery Fund
Millennium Commission; National Lottery Charities Board (Community Fund); New Opportunities Fund 
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences 
Research Council Boundary Commission for England
AX
Boundary Commission for Wales British Antarctic Survey British Council
BW, FB
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
EA
British Geological Survey British Library
DH
British Museum
CE
British Rail (Residuary)
AN, RAIL
British Telecom Archives
TCD, TCK
Cabinet Office
CAB, PREM
Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments)
BD
Care Quality Commission
Commission for Social Care Inspection; Healthcare Commission; Mental Health Commission
Central Arbitration Committee Central Office of Information
INF
Certification Officer
CL
Charity Commission
CHAR
Chemicals Regulation Directorate
Pesticides Safety 
Directorate 
SE
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
Child Support Agency
LY
Civil Aviation Authority
DR
Civil Nuclear Police Authority Coal Authority
KD
Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation
BX
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Royal Fine Arts Council
BP
Commission for Local Administration in England
HT
Commission for Local Administration in Wales
JE, MM

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Commonwealth Institute Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom
Commonwealth War Graves 
Commission Companies House
BT
Competition Appeal Tribunal Competition Commission
JD, BT
Construction Industry Training Board Consumer Focus
Consumer Council
AJ
Countryside Council for Wales
NH
Criminal Cases Review Commission
MJ
Criminal Records Bureau Crown Agents
CAOG
Crown Estate Paving Commission
HV
Crown Prosecution Service
DPP
Defence Estates
CM, WORK
Defence Geographic Centre
WO
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
WO, DEFE
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills; Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Department for Communities and Local Government
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
HLG, FJ, AT
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
PF
Department for Education
Department for Children, Schools and Families
RH, NV, ED
Department for Environment, Food and 
Rural Affairs
Ministry of Agriculture, 
Fisheries and Food
MAF, AT
Department for International Development
OD
Department for Transport
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 
Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Education 
and Skills; Department of Social Security
WORK, BN, JB, LAB, PIN, ET, 
AST, BF, BK, CT, LX, NB, NIA, 
NICO, EH
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Climate Change Group; 
Energy Group 
EG, SU
Department of Health
JA, MH, BN
Duchy of Lancaster Office
DL
Economic and Social Research Council
EY
Electoral Commission Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
EV
Environment Agency
RD, AT
BT, COAL, FV, NK, PJ, DSIR, HF, JF, JW, POWE, PV, BIS, SR, ST (DIUS)
AN, MT, LM
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Commission for Racial 
Equality; Equal Opportunities Commission; Disability Rights Commission
Estyn Her Majesty's Inspectorate For 
Education & Training In Wales
JK
Export Credits Guarantee Department
ECG
Food and Environment Research Agency
FERA
Food Standards Agency
KM
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FO, FCO, CO, DO
Foreign Compensation Commission
FO 1004
Forestry Commission
F
Gambling Commission
HO 412
General Social Care Council
PH
Girobank plc Archives
GIRO
Government Actuary's Department
ACT
Government Communications Headquarters
HW
Government Inquiries Greenwich Hospital
ADM 169
Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Commission
EF
Health Protection Agency
National Radiological Protection Board
HP, DN
Her Majesty's Courts Service
Magistrates' Courts Service; Court Service 
LE
Higher Education Funding Council for England
UGC, KL, JS
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
JM
Historic Royal Palaces
KX, WORK, CM
HM Crown Prosecution Service 
Inspectorate HM Land Registry
LAR
HM Revenue and Customs
HM Customs and Excise; 
Inland Revenue
CUST, IR, EM
HM Treasury
T, EW
Home Office
HO
Homes and Communities Agency
English Partnerships
FJ
Hudson's Bay Company
BH
Identity and Passport Service
General Register Office
Imperial War Museum
EN
Independent Living Funds Independent Police Complaints Commission
Police Complaints Authority LK
Information Commissioner's Office 
JX
International Whaling Commission Joint Nature Conservation Committee
KR
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
PCAP
Law Officers
LO
Legal Services Commission
CK, SH
Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales
DD
Marine Management Organisation
Marine and Fisheries Agency
MAF
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
BT
Marshall Aid Commemoration 
Commission
HR
Medical Research Council
FD
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 
Medicines Control Agency; Medical Devices Agency 
Met Office
BJ
Metropolitan Police Service
MEPO
MI5 Security Service
KV
Ministry of Defence
ADM, AIR AVIA, DEFE, WO
Ministry of Justice
Department for Constitutional Affairs
ASSI, CRIM, J, LCO, PCOM
Museum of London
DC
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Museums & Galleries Commission
EB
National Audit Office
AO, NIA
National Health Service
CF
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Health Development Agency 
FP
National Maritime Museum
NMM
National Measurement Office
BT, WM
National Museum of Science and Industry National Museums Liverpool National Nuclear Laboratory National Offender Management Service
HO, MJ
National Patient Safety Agency National Physical Laboratory
National Policing Improvement Agency Police Information 
Technology Organisation 
National Portrait Gallery
BY
National Savings and Investments
NSC
Natural England
Countryside Agency
CA, COU, FT
Natural Environment Research Council
HA
Natural History Museum
DF
Northern Ireland Office
CJ
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Nursing and Midwifery Council
DV, DT, KN, DX, DW, DY, HE
Office for National Statistics
RG
Office for Standards in Education
KT
Office of Communications
LF
Office of Fair Trading
LD
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
FA, PY
Office of Government Commerce Office of HM Paymaster General
PMG
Office of Manpower Economics
NJ
Office of Rail Regulation
Rail Regulator
JR
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel 
AM
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Office of Water Services
JC
Ordnance Survey
OS, ZOS, OD
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Parole Board for England and Wales
BV
Pensions Ombudsman Pensions Regulator
Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority
DM, SB
Postal Services Commission
PX
Privy Council Office
PC
Property Services Agency
CM, WORK
Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency
Qualifications and Curriculum Agency 
FW
Remploy Ltd
BM
Royal Armouries Royal Botanic Gardens
RM
Royal Commission for Historical Monuments in England
AE
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
CY
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
HMC
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
MONW
Royal Mail
POST
Royal Mint
MINT
Royal Observatory Greenwich
RGO
Rural Payments Agency
MAF
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Particle Physics and 
Astronomy Research 
Council; Council for the 
Central Laboratory of the 
Research Councils
Secret Intelligence Service
HD
Security Industry Authority Serious Fraud Office Serious Organised Crime Agency
National Crime Squad; 
National Criminal Intelligence Service
Simpler Trade Procedures Board
BT
Skills Funding Agency
RC
Special Operations Executive
HS
Strategic Rail Authority Sustainable Development Commission
D
Tate Gallery
TG
The Crown Estate
CRES
The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage)
LJ, RGO
FM, WORK, CM
The Insolvency Service
RF
The National Archives
PRO, RW
The National Gallery
NG
The Royal Parks
KW, WORK, CM
Training and Development Agency for 
Schools
PB
Treasury Solicitor's Department
TS
Tribunals Service
LT, BF, BL
UK Border Agency
Border and Immigration Agency; Immigration and Nationality Directorate 
UK Debt Management Office
NDO
UK Intellectual Property Office United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
AB
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Veterinary Laboratories Agency
VL
Veterinary Medicines Directorate Victoria and Albert Museum Wallace Collection
AR
Welsh Assembly Government
BD
Western European Union Young People's Learning Agency 
RC
HO