Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2015 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2015.

Designation

2.  The bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order are designated in respect of the financial year ending on 31st March 2015 for the purposes of section 10 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000.

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SCHEDULEDesignated Bodies for 2014-2015

Central Government, Public Corporations etc

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

Aggregator Vehicle Plc

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Arts Council of England

Arts Council of Wales

Attorney General's Office

Audit Commission

Bank of England

BBC World Service

BIG Lottery Fund

Big Society Capital

Big Society Foundation

Big Society Trust

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

BIS (Postal Services Act 2011) Company Limited

British Broadcasting Corporation

British Business Bank Plc

British Council

British Film Institute

British Hallmarking Council

British Library

British Museum

British Nuclear Fuels Ltd

British Tourist Authority

British Transport Police Authority

Cabinet Office

Capital for Enterprise Ltd

Care Council for Wales

Care Quality Commission

Certification Office for Trade Union and Employers' Associations

Channel Four Television Corporation

Charity Commission

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

Children's Commissioner

Children's Commissioner for Wales

Churches Conservation Trust

Civil Aviation Authority

Civil Nuclear Police Authority

Civil Service Commission

Coal Authority

College of Policing

Commission for Local Administration in England

Commissioners of Irish Lights

Committee on Climate Change

Commonwealth Development Corporation

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Community Health Partnerships Ltd

Companies House

Competition and Markets Authority

Competition Service

Construction Industry Training Board

Consumer Council for Water

Consumer Focus

Council of Reserve Forces and Cadet Associations

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Crown Prosecution Service

CTRL Section 1 Finance Plc

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Defence Support Group

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Culture Media and Sport

Department for Education

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for International Development

Department for Transport

Department for Work and Pensions

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Department of Health

Diamond Light Source Ltd

Directly Operated Railways

Disclosure and Barring Service

Economic and Social Research Council

Electricity Settlements Company Ltd

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

English Sports Council

Enrichment Holdings Ltd

Environment Agency

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education & Training for Wales

Export Credits Guarantee Department

FCO Services

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Ombudsman Services Ltd

Financial Reporting Council

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Fire Service College

Food Standards Agency

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Forensic Science Service

Forest Enterprise England

Forestry Commission

Gambling Commission

Gangmasters Licensing Authority

Geffrye Museum Trust Ltd

General Teaching Council for Wales

Genomics England Limited

Government Actuary's Department

Government Procurement Service

Groceries Code Adjudicator

Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation

Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Public Sector Limited Partnership

Health and Safety Executive

Health and Social Care Information Centre

Health Education England

Health Research Authority

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary

Heritage Lottery Fund

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

Higher Education Funding Council for England

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor

HM Revenue and Customs

HM Treasury

Home Office

Homes and Communities Agency

Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust

Horserace Betting Levy Board

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

Human Tissue Authority

Imperial War Museum

Independent Living Fund (2006)

Independent Police Complaints Commission

Intellectual Property Office

International Nuclear Services Ltd

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman

Judicial Appointments Commission

Judicial Communications Office

Judicial Conduct Investigations Office

Judicial Office

Land Registry

Law Commission

LCR Finance Plc

Legal Services Board

Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales

London and Continental Railways

London Probation Trust

Low Carbon Contracts Company Ltd

Marine Management Organisation

Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission

Medical Research Council

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Meteorological Office

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Justice

Money Advice Service

Monitor – Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts

MRC Technology Ltd

Museum of London

National Archives

National Army Museum

National Crime Agency

National Employment Savings Trust Corporation

National Forest Company

National Gallery

National Health Service Trust Development Authority

National Heritage Memorial Fund

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

National Library of Wales

National Lottery Commission

National Maritime Museum

National Museum of the Royal Navy

National Museums and Galleries of Wales

National Museums Liverpool

National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd

National Portrait Gallery

National Savings and Investments

Natural England

Natural Environment Research Council

Natural History Museum

Natural Resources Wales

Network Rail

NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Business Services Authority

NHS England

NHS Litigation Authority

NHS Professionals

NHS Property Services Ltd

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Northern Ireland Office

Northern Lighthouse Board

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Nuclear Liabilities Fund Ltd

Office for Budget Responsibility

Office for Fair Access

Office for Nuclear Regulation

Office for Legal Complaints

Office for Standards in Education Children's Services and Skills

Office of Communications

Office of Fair Trading

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

Office of HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Office of HM Inspectorate of Probation

Office of Rail and Road

Office of the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner

Office of the Information Commissioner

Office of the Judge Advocate General

Office of the Official Solicitor

Office of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales

Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator

Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists

Older People's Commission for Wales

Olympic Lottery Distributor

Ordnance Survey

Parades Commission for Northern Ireland

Parole Board for England and Wales

PhonepayPlus

Post Office Limited

Postal Services Holding Company plc

Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

Prudential Regulation Authority

Public Health Wales

Public Trustee

Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

Remploy Ltd

Royal Air Force Museum

Royal Armouries Museum

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Hospital Chelsea

Royal Household

Royal Mint

Royal Museums Greenwich

S4C

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Science Museum Group

Scotland Office

Sea Fish Industry Authority

Security and Intelligence Agencies

Security Industry Authority

Serious Fraud Office

Shared Services Connect Limited

Single Source Regulations Office

Sir John Soane's Museum

Sports Council for Wales

Sports Grounds Safety Authority

Student Loans Company Limited

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Tate Gallery

Technology Strategy Board

The Film Industry Training Board for England and Wales

The Great Britain-China Centre

The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England

The Housing Ombudsman Service

The Independent Commission for Aid Impact

The Leasehold Advisory Service

The NESTA Trust

The Pensions Advisory Service Limited

The Pensions Protection Fund

The Pensions Regulator

The Westminster Foundation for Democracy Limited

Transport Focus

Trinity House

UK Anti-Doping

UK Asset Resolution Ltd

UK Financial Investments Ltd

UK Green Investment Bank plc

UK Hydrographic Office

UK Shared Business Services Limited

UK Sport

UK Statistics Authority

UK Trade & Investment

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

United Kingdom Commission for Employment and Skills

Valuation Tribunal Service

Velindre

Victoria and Albert Museum

Wales Office

Wallace Collection

Water Services Regulation Authority

Welsh Ambulance Services

Welsh Assembly Government

Welsh Language Commissioner

West Northamptonshire Development Corporation

Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

Local Government

Adur District Council

Allerdale Borough Council

Amber Valley Borough Council

Arun District Council

Ashfield District Council

Ashford Borough Council

Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner

Avon Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Aylesbury Vale District Council

Babergh District Council

Barking & Dagenham London Borough Council

Barnet London Borough Council

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority

Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

Basildon District Council

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Bassetlaw District Council

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Bedford Unitary Authority

Bedfordshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Berkshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Bexley London Borough Council

Birmingham City Council

Blaby District Council

Blackburn with Darwen Unitary Authority

Blackpool Unitary Authority

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Bolsover District Council

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Borough of Poole

Borough of Telford and Wrekin

Boston Borough Council

Bournemouth Council

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Bradford City Council

Braintree District Council

Breckland District Council

Brent London Borough Council

Brentwood Borough Council

Bridgend County Borough Council

Brighton & Hove City Council

Bristol City Council

Broadland District Council

Broads Authority

Bromley London Borough Council

Bromsgrove District Council

Broxbourne Borough Council

Broxtowe Borough Council

Buckinghamshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Buckinghamshire County Council

Burnley Borough Council

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Caerphilly County Borough Council

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Cambridge City Council

Cambridgeshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Camden London Borough Council

Cannock Chase District Council

Canterbury City Council

Cardiff City and County Council

Carlisle City Council

Carmarthenshire County Council

Castle Point Borough Council

Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority

Ceredigion County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Chelmsford Borough Council

Cheltenham Borough Council

Cherwell District Council

Cheshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Cheshire East Unitary Authority

Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority

Chesterfield Borough Council

Chichester District Council

Chiltern District Council

Chorley Borough Council

Christchurch Borough Council

City of York Council

Cleveland Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner

Colchester Borough Council

Common Council of the City of London

Conwy County Borough Council

Copeland Borough Council

Corby Borough Council

Cornwall Unitary Authority

Cotswold District Council

Council of the Isles of Scilly

County Durham Unitary Authority

Coventry City Council

Craven District Council

Crawley Borough Council

Croydon London Borough Council

Cumbria County Council

Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

Dacorum Borough Council

Darlington Borough Council

Dartford Borough Council

Dartmoor National Park Authority

Daventry District Council

Denbighshire County Council

Derby City Council

Derbyshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire Dales District Council

Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner

Devon and Somerset Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Devon County Council

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Dorset Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Dorset County Council

Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner

Dover District Council

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Durham Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Durham Police and Crime Commissioner

Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Commissioner

Ealing London Borough Council

East Cambridgeshire District Council

East Devon District Council

East Dorset District Council

East Hampshire District Council

East Hertfordshire District Council

East Lindsey District Council

East London Waste Authority

East Northamptonshire District Council

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

East Staffordshire Borough Council

East Sussex Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

East Sussex County Council

Eastbourne Borough Council

Eastleigh Borough Council

Eden District Council

Elmbridge Borough Council

Enfield London Borough Council

Epping Forest District Council

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Erewash Borough Council

Essex Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Essex County Council

Essex Police and Crime Commissioner

Exeter City Council

Exmoor National Park Authority

Fareham Borough Council

Fenland District Council

Flintshire County Council

Forest Heath District Council

Forest of Dean District Council

Fylde Borough Council

Gateshead Council

Gedling Borough Council

Gloucester City Council

Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner

Gosport Borough Council

Gravesham Borough Council

Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Greater London Authority

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority

Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

Guildford Borough Council

Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner

Gwynedd County Council

Hackney London Borough Council

Halton Borough Council

Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority

Hambleton District Council

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council

Hampshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Hampshire County Council

Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Harborough District Council

Haringey London Borough Council

Harlow District Council

Harrogate Borough Council

Harrow London Borough Council

Hart District Council

Hartlepool Borough Council

Hastings Borough Council

Havant Borough Council

Havering London Borough Council

Hereford & Worcester Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Herefordshire Council

Hertfordshire County Council

Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Hertsmere Borough Council

High Peak Borough Council

Hillingdon London Borough Council

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

Horsham District Council

Hounslow London Borough Council

Humberside Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner

Huntingdonshire District Council

Hyndburn Borough Council

Ipswich Borough Council

Isle of Anglesey County Council

Isle of Wight Council

Islington London Borough Council

Kent Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Kent County Council

Kent Police and Crime Commissioner

Kettering Borough Council

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council

Kingston upon Hull City Council

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Lake District National Park Authority

Lambeth London Borough Council

Lancashire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Lancashire County Council

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner

Lancaster City Council

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

Leeds City Council

Leicester City Council

Leicestershire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner

Lewes District Council

Lewisham London Borough Council

Lichfield District Council

Lincoln City Council

Lincolnshire County Council

Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Liverpool City Council

London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority

London Legacy Development Corporation

Luton Borough Council

Maidstone Borough Council

Maldon District Council

Malvern Hills District Council

Manchester City Council

Mansfield District Council

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

Medway Towns Unitary Authority

Melton Borough Council

Mendip District Council

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority

Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Merton Borough Council

Mid and West Wales Fire Authority

Mid Devon District Council

Mid Suffolk District Council

Mid Sussex District Council

Middlesbrough Council

Milton Keynes Council

Mole Valley District Council

Monmouthshire County Council

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

New Forest District Council

New Forest National Park Authority

Newark and Sherwood District Council

Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Newham London Borough Council

Newport City Council

Norfolk County Council

Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner

North Devon District Council

North Dorset District Council

North East Derbyshire District Council

North East Lincolnshire Council

North Hertfordshire District Council

North Kesteven District Council

North Lincolnshire Council

North London Waste Authority

North Norfolk District Council

North Somerset Council

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

North Wales Fire Authority

North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner

North Warwickshire Borough Council

North West Leicestershire District Council

North York Moors National Park Authority

North Yorkshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

North Yorkshire County Council

North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Northampton Borough Council

Northamptonshire County Council

Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Northumberland National Park Authority

Northumberland Unitary Authority

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

Norwich City Council

Nottingham City Council

Nottinghamshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Oxford City Council

Oxfordshire County Council

Peak District National Park Authority

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

Pembrokeshire County Council

Pendle Borough Council

Peterborough City Council

Plymouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council

Powys County Council

Preston City Council

Purbeck District Council

Reading Borough Council

Redbridge London Borough Council

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Redditch Borough Council

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council

Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council

Ribble Valley Borough Council

Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council

Richmondshire District Council

Rochdale Borough Council

Rochford District Council

Rossendale Borough Council

Rother District Council

Rotherham Borough Council

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Rugby Borough Council

Runnymede Borough Council

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Rushmoor Borough Council

Rutland County Council

Ryedale District Council

Salford City Council

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Scarborough Borough Council

Sedgemoor District Council

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

Selby District Council

Sevenoaks District Council

Sheffield City Council

Shepway District Council

Shropshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Shropshire Unitary Authority

Slough Borough Council

Snowdonia National Park Authority

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Somerset County Council

South Bucks District Council

South Cambridgeshire District Council

South Derbyshire District Council

South Downs National Park

South Gloucestershire Council

South Hams District Council

South Holland District Council

South Kesteven District Council

South Lakeland District Council

South Norfolk District Council

South Northamptonshire Council

South Oxfordshire District Council

South Ribble Borough Council

South Somerset District Council

South Staffordshire District Council

South Tyneside Council

South Wales Fire Authority

South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Southampton City Council

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Southwark London Borough Council

Spelthorne Borough Council

St Albans City and District Council

St Edmundsbury Borough Council

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Stafford Borough Council

Staffordshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Stevenage Borough Council

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority

Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Stroud District Council

Suffolk Coastal District Council

Suffolk County Council

Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner

Sunderland City Metropolitan Borough Council

Surrey County Council

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner

Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner

Sutton London Borough Council

Swale Borough Council

Swansea City and County Council

Swindon Unitary Authority

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Tamworth Borough Council

Tandridge District Council

Taunton Deane Borough Council

Teignbridge District Council

Tendring District Council

Test Valley Borough Council

Tewkesbury Borough Council

Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner

Thanet District Council

Three Rivers District Council

Thurrock Unitary Authority

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Torbay Council

Torfaen County Borough Council

Torridge District Council

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

Transport for Greater Manchester

Transport for London

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority

Uttlesford District Council

Vale of Glamorgan County Council

Vale of White Horse District Council

Wakefield City Council

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Waltham Forest London Borough Council

Wandsworth London Borough Council

Warrington Borough Council

Warwick District Council

Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Watford Borough Council

Waveney District Council

Waverley Borough Council

Wealden District Council

Wellingborough Borough Council

Welwyn Hatfield District Council

West Berkshire Council

West Devon Borough Council

West Dorset District Council

West Lancashire District Council

West Lindsey District Council

West London Waste Authority

West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority

West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner

West Oxfordshire District Council

West Somerset District Council

West Sussex County Council

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Western Riverside Waste Authority

Westminster City Council

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Wiltshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority

Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Wiltshire Unitary Authority

Winchester City Council

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Woking Borough Council

Wokingham Council

Wolverhampton City Council

Worcester City Council

Worcestershire County Council

Worthing Borough Council

Wrexham County Borough Council

Wychavon District Council

Wycombe District Council

Wyre Borough Council

Wyre Forest District Council

Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in relation to the financial year ending on 31st March 2015 for the purposes of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. The effect of designation is that these bodies are required to prepare and present to the Treasury such financial information in relation to that financial year as the Treasury require to enable them to prepare Whole of Government Accounts.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.