Authorities we want added to the Freedom of Information Act
Communications, media and entertainment
- Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
- BBC Worldwide Americas Inc.
- BBC Worldwide Limited
- British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)
- British Film Institute
- National Screen Agencies (funded by UK film council - see also list of agencies)
- PhonepayPlus Limited (regulator for premium rate charged telecommunications services)
- Press Complaints Commission
- Regional Screen Agencies (funded by UK film council - see also list of agencies)
- Video Standards Council (VSC) (designated body responsible for the age rating of video games supplied in the UK)
Democracy
- Counting Officers for public referenda
- Electoral Registration Officers for public elections
- Returning Officers for public elections (see also news story: No information on postal vote fiasco)
- The UK Public Affairs council (UKPAC)
(provide 'self regulation for those professionally engaged in public affairs' sometimes referred to as 'lobbyists')
Education
Academies (state-funded schools) [victory: all academies are now subject to FOI]- British Academy (mainly funded by grants from Central Government)
- Exam boards (in respect of the administration of public examinations)
- Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
- Inspection services for private schools (see article)
- Institute for Learning (IfL)
- Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) (the designated operator of the student complaints scheme in England and Wales under the Higher Education Act 2004)
Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) [victory: law has now been passed to ensure schools adjudicators are subject to FOI from October 2011]- Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)
- School Food Trust
UCAS- Visitors of universities (see also FS50125731001)
Environment
- The Carbon Trust
- Dartmoor Commoners' Council
- Earthbalance 2000 (classed as a local government body by the Office of National Statistics by the Office of National Statistics)
- The Energy Saving Trust
- Regional Technical Advisory Bodies (RTAB)
- Verderers of the Forest of Dean
Finance
- Consumer Financial Education Body (CFEB)
- ESEP Limited (ESEP has a contract to administer/monitor the EU Structural Funds Programmes in Lowlands and Uplands Scotland)
- District Auditors (see also LTT11)
Financial Ombudsman Service- Financial Reporting Council (the independent regulator responsible for promoting confidence in corporate governance and reporting)
- Financial Services Compensation Scheme Limited (FSCS) (the statutory fund of last resort for customers of authorised financial services firms, set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000)
- Money Advice Service, The
(source: email dated 28 February 2012)
- Office of the Complaints Commissioner (investigates complaints against FSA)
- Official Receivers (see also LTT12)
- Northern Rock and other nationalised banks
- Panel on Takeovers and Mergers
Health, public safety and animal welfare
- Farriers Registration Council (maintans the statutry register of register persons engaged in farriery and the shoeing of horses under Farriers (Registration) Act 1975)
- Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) (source: email dated 21 February 2011)
- Local Medical Committees (Statutory body representing GPs)
- Local Safeguarding Children Boards
- NHS Confederation
Heritage and culture
- Chequers Trust
- Churches Conservation Trust (sponsored by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport)
- College of Arms (official repository of coats of arms and pedigrees)
- Dorneywood Trust
- National Exhibition Centre Limited
Railway Heritage Committee(a statutory body operating under the authority of the Railway Heritage Act 1996) [Victory: brought within scope of Act on 1 October 2010]- Royal Marines Museum
- Royal Naval Museum
- Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Law and justice
- ACAS
- Bar Council (including Bar Standards Board)
- Court Funds Office (CFO)
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Court Administration (HMICA)
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (see also: email from HMI Prisons)
- Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA)(Home Office funded body that sets 'best practice' for custody visiting processes)
- Inns of Court
- Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) (plus ILEX Professional Standards Limited - IPS)
- Law Society (including Legal Complaints Service - LCS and Solicitors Regulation Authority SRA)
- Master of the Rolls (EA/2010/0119)
- National Anti-Fraud Network
- Non-judicial Inquiries
- Official Solicitor
- Private Operators of prisons and detention centres
- Providers of prisoner escort services
- Public Trustee
- Universities UK
Local Government and community
- Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE)
- Chamberlain of London
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
- Crown Estate Paving Commission
- Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDeA)
- Local Authority Leaders' Boards (regional planning bodies)
- Local Authority leisure and recreation trusts
- Local Government Association (LGA)
- Local Government Employers (LGE) (the business name of Employers' Organisation for Local Government)
- National Association of Local Councils (NALC)
- Northern Ireland Planning Appeals Commission (PAC)
- Scottish Community Councils
- Urban Regeneration Companies (companies established by the relevant Local Authority and Regional Development Agency to co-ordinate redevelopment an regeneration)
- Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)
- V (also called Russell Commission Implementation body receives majority of its income from Government grants)
Housing and planning
- Housing Associations (also called Registered Social Landlords) (those wholly owned by one local authority are already subject to the Act)
- Housing Ombudsman Service
Organisations made up of a number of public authorities/officials
- Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA)
- Association of Port Health Authorities (APHA)
- LGcommunications
- Northern Housing Consortium
- Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN)
- UK Association of National Park Authorities (UKANPA)
Parliamentary corporations and pension schemes
- Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (established by the Parliamentary Corporate Bodies Act 1992)
- Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (established by the Parliamentary Corporate Bodies Act 1992)
- House of Commons Commission (established by the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978, claims not to be subject to FOI)
- Trustees of Parliamentary Contributory Pensions Fund
- Trustees of House of Commons Pension Scheme
Policing, emergency services and the military
- Association of Police Authorities, The
Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)- Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS)
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)
- contractors performing covert investigations in connection with RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000)
- Regional Fire Control Companies
- Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces
- Speed Camera Partnerships
Publicly owned companies and publicly funded companies
- companies owned two thirds or more by any number of public authorities.[1]
- not for dividend companies receiving funding from public bodies (in respect of information which relates to the receipt/expenditure of public funds or work undertaken on behalf of a public body)
Royalty and the Crown
- Duchy of Cornwall
- Duchy of Lancaster
- Privy Council (see also FS50125731001)
- Royal Collection
- Royal Household
- Royal Trustees
Sport
- Glasgow 2014 Limited (the Organising Committee of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games or OC) [see also: Unlock Glasgow 2014]
- London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (LOCOG)
Standard setting
- British Standards Institution (BSI)(UK's National Standards Body)
Transport and navigation
- Air Travel Trust (the Trust manages the Trust Fund for the benefit of customers of failed tour operators)
- Commissioners of Irish Lights (General Lighthouse Authority)
- Manchester Airport Group (MAG is publicly owned by the ten local authorities of Greater Manchester)
- Network Rail Limited
- Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
- Navigation authorities for inland waterways (some are already subject to the Act)
- Parking and Traffic Appeals Service
- Port Authorities
- Traffic Penalty Tribunal
- Trinity House (The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar and it is also a Deep Sea Pilotage Authority)
Notes
Note 1: See also the text of Tom Brake's Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill