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Quasi-autonomous non-government bodies with budgets over 25m

Constitutional Affairs

Crown Prosecution Service

32

prosecutes criminals, decides if criminal

cases should be pursued

British Museum

regulates charities

296

Serious Fraud Office

45

manages the courts

Non Ministerial Departments

Revenue & Customs
Prosecutions Office

36

tackles cases of tax fraud, money

laundering and evasion

130

advice and support for

volunteer, community & notfor-profit social avtitivity

Transport

free legal advice &

representation for those
who cannot afford it

manages nuclear sites

Office of Communications,
(OFCOM)

81

Driver and Vehicle

Licensing Agency (DVLA)

tracks drivers & vehicles, issues driving

licenses and sells private plates

Highways Agency

manages, maintains and improves

England's roads, provides live traffic
updates

UK Trade and Investment

88

helps UK companies succeed

overseas, encourages foreign
companies to partner with the UK

2,509
Office for National
Statistics

specialising in research, taxonomy,

identification & classification

45

(5.9bn)

Office of Fair Trading

(OFT)

economic regulator making sure

markets are fair and free from
scams & cartels

Regional

Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority
National Saving &
Investments

clean up and decommissioning of

nuclear technology

159

state owned savings bank

Treasury
217

workplace health, safety and

welfare

The Pensions Regulator

301

30

regulates work-based pension

schemes in the UK

employment for disabled people

1,707

740

NHS Business Services

Authority

financially supports the disabled

and their carers

2,664
188

70

The Information
Centre Central

40

Health

67

Health and Social Care

Information Centre

helps local decision makers improve

their health care

166

protects the country from

infectious diseases

Meat Hygiene Service

National Institute for Health

and Clinical Excellence

creates guidelines on the use of health

tech in the NHS

Centre for Enviroment,

Fisheries and
Aquaculture Science

healthy & sustainble water

environments

38
29

National Patient
Safety Agency

monitors the safety of

patients & cleanliness of
hospitals

88

Commission for Social

Care Inspection

regulates & assesses social care

8,490

28

4.3 bn
QUANGOS CUTS (approximate)

Commission for Patient and

Public Involvement in Health

77

transforming the NHS with new ideas and

technology

Training and Development

Agency for Schools

showcases British creative

ideas and achievements

trains teachers and other school staff

ensures farmed animals are

healthy, disease-free and
looked after

Sector Skills
Development Agency

funds and supports employer led

educational organisations such as
GoSkills for passenger transport

58

(3.5bn)

Education & Skills

32

Youth Justice Board for

England and Wales
prevents crimes by young
people under 18 and ensures
theyre safe in prison

Independent Police
Complaints Commission
handles complaints against the
police

Defence Procurement Agency

buying materials, equipments & services

for the British Armed Forces

Natural History Museum

45

specialising in research, taxonomy,

identification & classification

7,013

443

(18.6bn)

131

Nothern Ireland
Prison Service

no prizes for guessing

this one

66

74

Student Loans
Company Ltd

loans & grants to over 1m

students a year

Carbon Trust

94

help organisations cut

carbon, commercialise
new low-carbon tech

83

157

National College for

School Leadership

develops head teachers and

other school leaders

manages the National Curriculum

33

Rural Payments Agency

enforces the EU's regulations on

State
Agency
size &Veterinary
shape of fruit
& Veg

123.2

2,805

34

Central Science
Laboratory

science in support of
Government objectives

NHS Institute for Innovation

and Improvement

People, Pay &

Pensions Agency

compensation schemes for

victims of violent crime

stores and maintains

materials for the MoD

State Veterinary
Agency

Office for Standards in

Education (OFSTED)

inspects schools, day care and

childminders

213

funds universities & college

34

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

botanical research and education

institution, and visitor attractions

Higher Education Funding

Council for England

7,342
Children and Family Court
Advisory and Support Service

NHS Trusts

public sector bodies

that provide services
on behalf of the NHS

British Council

Qualifications &
Curriculum Agency

optimises the supply of blood, organs,

plasma and tissues

34

123

129

Criminal Injuries
Compensation Authority

Defence Storage
and Distribution
Agency

179

Home

Serious Organised
Crime Agency

426

777

33

protects public health in relation

to food

moniters production of meat

for human consumption

Health Protection Agency

showcases British creative

talent around the world

190

80

tackles serious organised crime

(Class A drugs, people
smuggling, money laundering
etc)

BBC World Service

(3.4bn)

NHS Blood and Transplant

Authority

issues passports and registers all

births, marriages & deaths

628

Food Standards Agency

information for frontline

workers

225

Environment, Food & Rural

assesses the standards of health care

Identity and Passport Service

425

(0.5bn)

24

protect & improve the

environment

Healthcare Commission
(Commission for Healthcare Audit
and Inspection)

Sector Skills
Development Agency

funds and supports employer led

educational organisations

Environment Agency

hensures sustainable
stewardship of the land
and sea

197

range of NHS services including

security, dental, pensions &
prescriptions

117

educating
the children of
defence personnel around the
world

Defence Communication
Services Agency

provides civilian personnel to

the Ministry Of Defence

Foreign Office

Disability & Carers

Service

creates high security

technology and systems

48

administers and investigates

bankruptcies

2,610

Service Childrens
Education

stores and maintains

materials for the MoD

pay and pensions for British

Armed Forces

245

Natural England

Insolvency Service

285

Armed Forces Personnel

Administration Agency

manages prisons of
England & wales

Engineering and Physical

Sciences Research Council

routes job vacancies to the

unemployed, and administers
Jobseekers Allowance, Incapacity
Benefit and other income support

146

63
82

financial support for disabled people

JobCentre Plus

Remploy Ltd

national weather service

(14.9bn)

supports several research

institutes & departments

Independent Living Funds

213

180

pays pensions and provides

information on entitlement

Met Office

supplies police and guards to the

Defence Community

postgraduate funding in engineering and

science (including maths)

FCO Service

Pensions Service

Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences
Research Council

Defence

148

medical support for Britain's armed

forces including training military doctors
and medics

Ministry of Defence Police and

Guarding Agency

sustainable development and

regeneration for areas of England

funds research & postgraduate

study and awards

(4.8bn)

Defence Medical, Education

and Training Agency

354

HM Prison Service

Arts and Humanities

Research Council

Work & Pensions

1,889

1,222

503

(0.3bn)

443

Natural Enviroment
Research Council

supports research into medical

sciences in UK and Africa

Child Support Agency

Health and Safety
Executive

261

Research

Regional Development

assesses payments of child

support

now part of the Homes &

Communities Agency

Housing Corporation

national museum of decorative

arts and design

208

provides UK scientists with

research grants & access to
large scientific facilities

Medical Research Council

1,646

Science & Technology

Facilities Councils

4,555

English Partnerships

building a community sport

system, nuturing new
sports talent, and increase
sport uptake

funds research into natural

world issues like climate
change, biodiversity etc

394

national housing and regeneration

funds new affordable homes &

regulates housing associations

four british museums: science, national

railway, national media, locomotion

135

Homes & Comunities Agency (HCA)

(2.5bn)

67 113

resolves and minimises disputes

between employees and their
employers

postgraduate funding for

research into social and
economic domains like business
and voluntary organisations

45

Communities & Local Gov

Sport England

distributes Lottery
funding for sports and
governs drug testing
for athletes

Victoria & Albert Museum

42

46

Economic and Social

Research Council

61

promote & develop the

UK as a tourist
destination

National Museum of Science

and Industry (London)

38

four galleries housing the

UK's national collection of art

Advisory, Conciliation
and Arbitration Service

Planning Inspectorate

handles planning appeals & listed

buildings

Visit Britain

UK Sport

public service
broadcasting

26

44

redeveloping two areas of NE

London

developing the infrastructure and

venues of the 2012 olympics

BBC

45
Tate Gallery

Trade & Industry

166

collection and publication of

UK statistics, national & local

Natural History Museum

regulates TV, radio, landlines and

mobiles & their airwaves

promotes and funds the arts

Olympic Delivery Authority

236

284

Arts Council England

424
51

tracks taxpayers money as its spent

by local government

London Thames
Gateway Development
Corporation

26

free gallery

333

improvement & innovation for

museums, libraries and archives

(1.6bn)

107

national library of the UK,

contains all books
published in the UK

National Gallery
UK Atomic Energy
Authority

(2.3bn)
31

British Library

Legal Services
Commission

develop and promote

the UK film industry

Culture Media & Sport

317

Preserves & curates

objects of importance to
national heritage

guides the government on

information management and
preserves historical documents

864

CapacityBuilders UK

National Heritage
Memorial Fund

National Archive

35

HM Courts Service

32

137

Museums', Libraries and

Archives Council

64

UK Film Council

26

supports tribunals

English Heritage

serious or complex frauds

over 1m

Audit Commission

Tribunals Service
steward of over 400
significant historical sites

647

42

a free national museum of

history & culture

(1.2bn)

Charity Commission

recently cut

In existence Under review

25

safeguards welfare of children involved in

family court proceedings

30

Learning & Skills council

plans and funds post-16 further education

(not higher education)

11,167.9

106

Energy Savings Trust

free, impartial advice to those who want

to tackle climate change

64 bn
TOTAL QUANGO BUDGET

Source Guardian Datablog, Taxpayers Alliance

Data bit.ly/quangoed
Notes Direct government funding 2007. Some
discrepancies due to opacity/age of available data

Design & Research: David McCandless

Additional research: Pearl Doughty-White, Alexia
Wdowski, Caroline Flyn, James Key
Additional design: Joe Swainson, Matt Hancock

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