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Regulated Bodies

The Commissioner for Public Appointments regulates appointments to over 300 public bodies.

The Commissioner regulates appointments made by Ministers in Her Majesty’s Government. The number of regulated bodies sponsored by each Department is as follows:

Government Departments and number of Public Bodies

*including regional voluntary justice bodies such as the Independent Monitoring Boards

DHSC includes appointments delegated to NHS Improvement, with a Public Appointments Team overseeing appointments to 100’s of NHS Trusts

 

 

The Commissioner also regulates appointments made by Ministers in the Welsh Government, which sponsors 55 regulated public bodies:

Welsh Government, 55 Public Bodies

An accessible version of this information is available.

You can view a list of the public bodies sponsored by each Department by clicking on an individual Department below.

Attorney General’s Office (1 page PDF, 68KB)

Cabinet Office (CO) (1 page, PDF, 69KB)

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) (2 pages, PDF, 90KB)

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) (1 page, PDF, 86KB)

Department for Education (DFE) (1 page, PDF, 74KB)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (1 page, PDF, 79KB)

Department for International Development (DFID) (1 page, PDF, 75KB). Please note this list is subject to change following the merger of DFIF and the FCO.

Department for International Trade (DFIT) (1 page, PDF, 71KB)

Department for Transport (DFT) (1 page, PDF, 76KB)

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) (1 page, PDF, 80KB)

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) (1 page, PDF, 78KB)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) (1 page, PDF, 73KB) Please note this list is subject to change following the merger of DFIF and the FCO.

Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) (1 page, PDF, 70KB)

Home Office (1 page, PDF, 75KB)

Ministry of Defence (MOD) (1 page, PDF, 72KB)

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) (1 page, PDF, 81KB)

Ministry of Justice (MOJ) (1 page, PDF, 80KB)

Northern Ireland Office (NIO) (1 page, PDF, 68KB)

Scotland Office (1 page, PDF, 67KB)

UK Export Finance (UKEF) (1 page, PDF, 65KB)

You can view a list of the public bodies below sponsored by Welsh Government.

Welsh Government (2 pages, PDF, 194KB)