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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes a list of public bodies classified
as arm’s length bodies, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2020"
target="_blank">the public bodies directory</a>, which includes whether an organisation
performs a regulatory function.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The arm’s length bodies
which departments have flagged as performing a regulatory function through the most
recent public bodies directory data collection are:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Agriculture
and Horticulture Development Board</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Animal
and Plant Health Agency</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>British Hallmarking
Council</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Care Quality Commission</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Charity
Commission for England & Wales</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Civil
Justice Council</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Civil Service Commission</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Coal
Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Commission on Human Medicines</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Competition
and Markets Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Copyright Tribunal</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Education
and Skills Funding Agency</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Environment
Agency</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Equality and Human Rights
Commission</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Food Standards Agency</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Forestry
Commision</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Gambling Commission</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Gangmasters
and Labour Abuse Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Health
and Safety Executive</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Health Education
England</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Health Research Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Historic
Buildings and Monuments Commission for England</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Human
Tissue Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Independent Monitoring
Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Independent
Office for Police Conduct</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Information
Commissioner's Office</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Insolvency
Service</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Legal Services Board</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Marine
Management Organisation</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Maritime
and Coastguard Agency (MCA)</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Medicines
and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Natural
England</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>NHS Improvement (includes
Monitor and TDA)</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Northern Ireland
Human Rights Commission</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Office for Environmental
Protection</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Office for Standards in
Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED)</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Office
for Students</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Office of Gas and Electricity
Markets (Ofgem)</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Office of Qualifications
and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL)</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Office
of Rail and Road</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Office of the Immigration
Services Commissioner</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Oil and Gas
Authority (now called the North Sea Transition Authority)</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Parades
Commission for Northern Ireland</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Pensions
Ombudsman</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Planning Inspectorate</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Regulator
of Social Housing</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>School Teachers’
Review Body</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Sea Fish Industry Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Security
Industry Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Single Source
Regulations Office</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Small Business
Commissioner</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Social Work England</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Sports
Grounds Safety Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>The Housing
Ombudsman</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>The
Statistics Board, publicly known as the UK Statistics Authority</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Theatres
Trust</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Traffic Commissioners</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Trinity
House</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>UK Hydrographic Office</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>UK
Space Agency</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Valuation Tribunal for
England</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Valuation Tribunal Service</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Veterinary
Medicines Directorate</p></li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li><p>Water Services
Regulation Authority (OFWAT)</p></li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
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