How government is organised

Who is responsible for what — the ministerial departments, the agencies and arm’s-length bodies beneath them, and the ministers accountable for each.

Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Arts Council of Wales

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Attorney General's Office (AGO)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
BBC World Service (BBCWS)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Cabinet Office

3 agencies · 10 arm’s-length bodies
Careers Wales

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Chevening Scholarship Programme (Chevening)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Council for Science and Technology (CST)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

3 agencies · 11 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) (DfC (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

0 agencies · 34 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Education (DfE)

2 agencies · 6 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

0 agencies · 9 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)

3 agencies · 13 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) (DfI (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

2 agencies · 6 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Transport (DfT)

4 agencies · 13 arm’s-length bodies
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

1 agency · 12 arm’s-length bodies
Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) (DfE (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) (DAERA (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department of Education (Northern Ireland) (DE (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) (DoF (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department of Health (Northern Ireland) (DoH (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

2 agencies · 18 arm’s-length bodies
Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) (DoJ (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Estyn

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Fire Service College (FSC)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Food Standards Agency (FSA)

0 agencies · 1 arm’s-length body
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

1 agency · 5 arm’s-length bodies
Forestry Commission (Forestry Commission)

2 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Government Actuary's Department (GAD)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Government Legal Department (GLD)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Government Partnerships International (GPI)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
HM Land Registry (HM Land Registry)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
HM Treasury (HMT)

2 agencies · 5 arm’s-length bodies
Home Office (Home Office)

0 agencies · 18 arm’s-length bodies
Independent Complaints Reviewer (ICR)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Independent Water Commission

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Industrial Development Advisory Board (IDAB)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Industrial Strategy Advisory Council (ISAC)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Infected Blood Compensation Authority

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Iraq Inquiry

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
LGBT Veterans Independent Review

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Labour Relations Agency (Northern Ireland) (LRA (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Life Sciences Organisation (LSO)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Military Engineering Experimental Establishment (MEXE)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Ministry of Defence (MOD)

4 agencies · 10 arm’s-length bodies
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

2 agencies · 12 arm’s-length bodies
Ministry of Justice (MOJ)

5 agencies · 34 arm’s-length bodies
NHS Wales Informatics Service

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
NS&I (NS&I)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
National Crime Agency (NCA)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Natural Resources Wales

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Northern Ireland Executive

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Northern Ireland Office (NIO)

0 agencies · 4 arm’s-length bodies
Office of Rail and Road (ORR)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland (OAG)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (OLHC)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Office of the Leader of the House of Lords (OLHL)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Ofgem

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Ofqual (Ofqual)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Ofsted (Ofsted)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Open Innovation Team (OIT)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
PackUK

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Policy Lab

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland) (PHA (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Public Health Wales (PHW)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Serious Fraud Office (SFO)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Sport Northern Ireland (Sports Council for Northern Ireland) (SportNI)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Sports Council for Wales

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (SCUK)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
The Charity Commission

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
The Executive Office (Northern Ireland) (TEO (NI))

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
The National Archives

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
The National Shipbuilding Office (NSO)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (The Ombudsman)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
The Scottish Government (The Scottish Government)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
UK Export Finance (UKEF)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies
UK Statistics Authority (Statistics)

0 agencies · 0 arm’s-length bodies

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from the GOV.UK Organisations API. Descriptive structure only — roles, not blame.