BIS Film Industry Training Board Retain – retain on grounds of performing a function which should remain independent of government Retain No change to proposals BIS Financial Reporting Council Retain and substantially reform Remove reliance on Government funding Retain No change to proposals BIS Hearing Aid Council No Longer an NDPB - Abolished in July 2010 and reformed functions transferred to Health Professions Council No Longer an NDPB Completed as at August 2010 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) BIS HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals BIS HM Land Registry Retain - Retain on the grounds of independently establishing facts - but Government will undertake a feasibility study to scope out the opportunities presented by private sector investment Retain Government announced during the SR 2015 that it will consult on options to move operations of the Land Registry to the private sector from 2017
BIS NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) No Longer an NDPB - Seek to establish as an independent charity. Endowment to be held in a separate trust No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2012 BIS Office for Fair Access Retain - on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals BIS Office of Fair Trading Merge - Government has consulted on a merger of OFT's competition functions with the Competition Commission and on transfer of consumer and enforcement and information/education functions Merge Completed as at September 2013 BIS Office of Manpower Economics Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) BIS Ordnance Survey Retain - On grounds of performing a technical function Retain The Ordnance Survey was transferred from DCLG to BIS in July 2011 as a Machinery of Government transfer BIS Postcomm Merge Merge Completed as at October 2011
BIS UK Atomic Energy Authority Retain - retain on the grounds of performing a technical function Retain No change to proposals BIS UK Commission for Employment and Skills Retain – retain on the grounds of performing a technical function Retain No change to proposals BIS UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function Retain No change to proposals BIS Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and function No Longer an NDPB Completed as at November 2010 BIS Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body (WAB) No Longer an NDPB - Abolished at the end of September and remaining functions transferred to department No Longer an NDPB Completed as at September 2010 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Advisory Panel on Standards for the Local Innovation Award Scheme No Longer an NDPB - Abolished body and function. No Longer an NDPB Completed as at July 2010
DCLG Firebuy No Longer an NDPB - Firebuy ceased trading in July 2011, with formal closure to follow No Longer an NDPB Completed as at July 2012 DCLG Homes and Communities Agency Retain & Substantially reform - Smaller enabling and investment body working for communities. Intend to devolve London functions to Mayor of London. Taking on regulation of social housing Retain and substantially reform – on the grounds of performing functions which require impartiality and performing a technical function. Smaller enabling and investment body working for local communities. Intend to devolve London functions to Mayor of London. Taking on regulation of social housing No change to proposals. Completed as at 2012. Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) DCLG The Housing Ombudsman Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain In 2013 the Independent Housing Ombudsman Ltd moved from being a limited company to a corporation sole, although it still retains its NDPB status. It was previously known as Independent Housing Ombudsman Ltd
DCLG Infrastructure Planning Commission No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and create a Major Infrastructure Planning Unit within the Planning Inspectorate, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2012 DCLG London Thames Gateway Development Corporation No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and devolve functions to local government or other London bodies No Longer an NDPB Completed as at February 2013 DCLG National Housing and Planning Advice Unit No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and function No Longer an NDPB Completed as at June 2010 DCLG National Tenant Voice No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and function No Longer an NDPB Completed as at July 2010 DCLG Rent Assessment Panels / Residential Property Tribunal Service No Longer an NDPB - Abolish and transfer jurisdiction of these tribunals into MoJ’s tribunals service No Longer an NDPB Completed as at July 2011 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) DCLG Standards Board for England No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed as at March 2012
DCMS Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection No Longer an NDPB - Declassify and reconstitute as a committee of experts No Longer an NDPB Completed as at May 2011 DCMS Advisory Council on Libraries No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed as at March 2015. DCMS Arts Council England Retain - Retain on grounds of performing an impartiality function Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) DCMS BBC Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals DCMS BBC World Service Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government; and impartiality Retain From 1 April 2014 sponsorship of the BBC World Service transferred from FCO to DCMS.
DCMS British Library Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals DCMS Channel 4 Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) DCMS Churches Conservation Trust Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals DCMS Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment Merge with the Design Council. Merge Ceased to operate on 31 March 2011, when some activities merged with the Design Council as announced February 2011 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015)
DCMS Horserace Totalisator Board No Longer a Public Corporation - Declassify and transfer from public ownership No Longer a Public Corporation Completed as at July 2011 DCMS Information Commissioner’s Office Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals. Moved from MoJ to DCMS in 2015. DCMS Deposit Advisory Panel No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed as at August 2010 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015)
Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) DCMS Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals DCMS S4C Retain on grounds of performing a technical function should remain independent from Government. Amend current Retail Price Index funding link and governance arrangements Retain No change to proposals DCMS Sport England - Merge with UK Sport, as previously announced Retain and substantially reform No change to proposal to retain and substantially reform. DCMS is working with Sport England and UK Sport (see below) to implement the findings of the triennial review published in September 2015 in the context of the forthcoming new sport strategy and recent spending review. Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015)
DCMS England Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government. Modify constitution to increase representation of destinations on Visit England Board Retain No change to the proposal to retain. DCMS is working with VisitBritain and VisitEngland to implement the Triennial Review's findings of March 2015. However, following the Spending Review, it is no longer the Government’s plan to separate the two organisations but to bring them closer together. DCMS is working with VisitBritain and VisitEngland to clarify the precise governance changes required. Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies No Longer an NDPB - This body was abolished (body and function) in July 2010 No Longer an NDPB Completed as at July 2010 DECC Nuclear Police Authority Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals DECC Coal Authority Retain on the ground of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals DECC Committee on Climate Change Retain - Retain on the grounds of performing functions requiring impartiality Retain No change to proposals
DECC Committee on Radioactive Management Retain - Retain on grounds of performing functions requiring impartiality Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) DECC Fuel Poverty Advisory Retain - Retain on the grounds of performing functions requiring impartiality Retain No change to proposals DECC Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Retain - Retain on the grounds of performing a technical function should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals DECC Nuclear Liabilities Fund Retain - Retain on the grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals DECC Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board Retain - Retain on the grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent from Government Retain No change to proposals
Defra Advisory Committee on Packaging No Longer an NDPB as of April 2011 - reconstituted as a committee of experts No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2011 Defra Advisory Committee on Pesticides No Longer an NDPB - Reconstitute as a committee of experts No Longer an NDPB No change to proposals. Completed as at March 2015. Defra Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment Retain -on grounds of performing a technical function independent of Government Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) Agriculture and Horticulture Development consideration - Government considering recommendations from the 15th March industry debate Retain Change approved by HAC August 2014 Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees (x16) No Longer an NDPB - Abolish bodies and functions, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act December 2013 Agricultural Land Tribunal Retain and substantially reform - Functions retained on the grounds of requiring impartiality. Transfer jurisdictions of Agricultural Land Tribunals in England to HM Courts and Tribunals Service Retain and substantially reform Completed as at July 2013
Defra Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales No Longer an NDPB - Abolish and bring agricultural workers under national minimum wages legislation, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act June 2013 Defra Agricultural Wages Committees (x15) No Longer an NDPB - Abolish bodies and functions, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act December 2013 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) Air Quality Expert Group No Longer an NDPB as of April 2011 - reconstituted as a committee of experts No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2011 Defra Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain No change to proposals. Independent reviews completed in 2010 and 2012. Defra British Waterways Board No Longer a Public Corporation - Abolish as a public corporation in England and Wales and create a new waterways charity – similar to a national trust for the waterways No Longer a Public Corporation Completed as at July 2012
Defra British Wool Marketing Board Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) Defra Broads Authority Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government; but review governance and increase accountability Retain Review of governance and accountability has concluded and some authorities have made changes to membership. Defra Commission for Rural Communities No Longer an NDPB - Abolish and reinforce Government's capacity to reflect rural interests in policies and programmes, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed as at March 2013 Defra Committee on Agricultural Valuation No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed as at 2014
Defra Commons Commissioners No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed as at December 2010 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) Defra Consumer Council for Water Retain - As indicated in the Water White Paper, it is recommended that CCWater should be retained until at least the end of 2014. The Welsh Government, which CCWater, has announced that it wants to retain CCWater in Wales Retain No change to proposals Defra Covent Garden Market Authority Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain Ministers are looking into a proposal to sell (disposal of site and relinquish responsibility of the CGMA). CGMA was exempt from the last triennial review because of its status as a public corporation. Defra Darwin Advisory Committee No Longer an NDPB as of January 2011 - reconstituted as a committee of experts No Longer an NDPB Completed as at January 2011
Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) Defra Environment Agency Retain and substantially reform - Retain on the grounds of performing functions requiring impartiality, performing technical functions and working independently to establish facts. Retain and substantially reform No change to proposals. Natural Resources Wales created in Wales to undertake Environment Agency functions. Triennial review, jointly with Natural England, completed in 2013. Farm Animal Welfare Council No Longer an NDPB as of 2011 - reconstituted as a committee of experts No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2011 Defra Food from Britain No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions No Longer an NDPB Ceased to be an NDPB in Aug 2014. Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015)
DfE National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services No Longer an NDPB - Schools White Paper (The Importance of Teaching) November 2010 - to become part of an executive agency No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2012. NCSL merged with the Teaching Agency in March 2015 to form a new Executive Agency called National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL). DfE Ofqual Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function remain independent from Government. Introduce legislation to strengthen governance arrangements [occurred in Education Act 2011] Retain No change to proposals DfE Ofsted Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function remain independent from Government. Reform inspection functions to increase proportionality and reduce burdens Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015)
DfE Partnerships for Schools No Longer an NDPB - In June 2011, Secretary of State confirmed that PfS would close in March 2012. To become part of an executive agency No Longer an NDPB Completed as at March 2012 DfE Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and transfer some functions (including key activities such as National Curriculum Tests) to the Department for Education, as previously announced No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2012 DfE School Food Trust No Longer an NDPB. Reclassified by ONS as an independent body to the 'not for profit institutions serving households' sector No Longer an NDPB Completed as at October 2011 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) DfE School Support Staff Negotiating Body No Longer an NDPB - statutory closure in January 2012 No Longer an NDPB Completed as at January 2012 DfE School Teachers’ Review Body Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a Retain No change to proposals
function which requires political impartiality DfE Teachers TV Board of Governors No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and functions No Longer an NDPB Completed as at December 2010 DfE The Office of the Children’s Commissioner Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality. Review published 6 Dec - recommending legislation to strengthen role [occurred through Children and Families Act 2014] Retain No change to proposals DfE Training and Development Agency for Schools No Longer an NDPB - Schools White Paper (The Importance of Teaching) November 2010 - to become part of an executive agency No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2012 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015)
DfT Directly Operated Railways Ltd Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain as a legal entity to comply with legal and contractual obligations. Functions will be discharged by DfT employees. From January 2016, DfT are due to manage the company directly. Whilst DOR will remain in as a legal entity in its own right for a period of time in order to manage certain residual obligations, it will be staffed by DfT employees from the Rail Executive who will discharge those obligations alongside their existing duties. DfT Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body. We are exploring options for continuing to gain the disability advice we need through a more flexible, accountable structure Retain to provide the department with advice on accessibility issues relating to disabled people Change approved by HAC August 2014 DfT London and Continental Railways Ltd Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) DfT Northern Lighthouse Board Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain No change to proposals
FCO The Westminster Foundation for Democracy Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals FCO UK Round Table Retain and substantially reform - on the grounds of performing a function requiring impartiality. Completed June 2011 Retain and Substantially Reform Completed as at June 2011 HM Treasury Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the design of coins, medals, seals and decorations Retain - Retain on the grounds of providing a technical function should remain independent from Government. The most way to provide the specialist knowledge needed to advise the Chancellor and HM the Queen on coin designs Retain No change to proposals Home Office Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain Position to be determined following a triennial review that was announced on July 2014 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015)
MoD Royal Air Force Museum Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain No change to proposals MoD Science Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain No change to proposals MoD Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees (x 13) Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council No Longer an NDPB - Abolish body and function No Longer an NDPB Completed as at August 2013 MoJ Advisory Committee on Civil Costs Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function remains independent of Government No Longer an NDPB Completed as at February 2012 Change approved by HAC August 2014 MoJ Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace (x 101) Merge and reduce number to 47 on the grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Merge Completed as at April 2012 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015)
MoJ Criminal Procedure Rule Committee Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain No change to proposals MoJ Crown Court Rule Committee No Longer an NDPB - abolish body and transfer functions to Lord Chief Justice who will be free to consult as appropriate, including consultation of existing main rule committees No Longer an NDPB Completed as at September 2012 MoJ Crown Prosecution Service Merge - Merge with Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office. Public Bodies Bill will legislatively complete the reform effected in Jan 2010 Merge Completed as at March 2014 Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) MoJ Family Justice Council Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent of Government Retain No change to proposals