Whole of Government Accounts

"Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are full accruals based accounts covering the whole public sector to be audited by the National Audit Office."

• Treasury Page on Whole of Government Accounts

You might be forgiven for thinking that if an organisation was included in the Whole of Government Accounts then it is part of the public sector, paid for out of public money and is therefore subject to Freedom of Information law. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

Designated Bodies

The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies)(No. 2) Order 2008 Made: 17th July 2008 Laid before Parliament 18th July 2008 Coming into force 8th August 2008 S.I. 2008/1440.

The Treasury made this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000

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Central government, Public Corporations etc

A

• Advantage West Midlands
• Air Travel Trust
• Alcohol Education and Research Council
• Architectural Heritage Fund
• Army Base Repair Organisation
• Arts and Humanities Research Council
• Arts Council of England
• Assets Recovery Agency
• Audit Commission

B

• Big Lottery Fund
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• British Council
• British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
• British Energy
• British Film Institute - Not subject
• British Library
• British Museum
• British Nuclear Fuels plc
• British Potato Council
• British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd
• British Shipbuilders
• British Transport Police
• British Waterways Board

C

• Cabinet Office
• Capacity Builders
• Care Council for Wales
• Central Office of Information
• Centro (West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive)
• Channel Four Television Corporation
• Charity Commission
• Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
• Churches Conservation Trust
• Civil Aviation Authority
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority and Constabulary
• Coal Authority
• Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
• Commission for Healthcare & Audit Inspection (The Healthcare Commission)
• Commission for Judicial Appointments
• Commission for Local Administration
• Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
• Commission for Rural Communities
• Commission for Social Care Inspection for England
• Commission for the Compact Ltd
• Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC)
• Community Development Foundation
• Companies House
• Competition Commission
• Competition Service
• Construction Industry Training Board
• Consumer Council for Water
• Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
• Countryside Council for Wales
• Covent Garden Market Authority
• Criminal Cases Review Commission
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
• Culture East Midlands
• Culture North East
• Culture North West
• Culture South East
• Culture South West

D

• Defence Aviation Repair Agency
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
• Department for Children, Schools and Families
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
• Department for International Development
• Department for Transport
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health
• Deputy Prime Minister's Office
• Design Council
• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Driving Standards Agency

E

• East Midlands Regional Development Agency
• East of England Development Agency
• Economic and Social Research Council
• Electoral Commission
• Energy Watch
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
• English Heritage
• English Partnerships
• Environment Agency
• Equality and Human Rights Commission
• Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education & Training for Wales
• Export Credits Guarantee Department

F

• Fire Service College
• Firebuy Limited
• Fleet Air Arm Museum
• Food from Britain
• Food Standards Agency
• Football Licensing Authority
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Forensic Science Service
• Forest Enterprise Agency
• Forestry Commission

G

• Gambling Commission
• Gangmasters Licensing Authority
• Geffrye Museum
• General Lighthouse Fund
• General Social Care Council
• General Teaching Council
• Government Actuary's Department
• Government Equalities Office
• Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
• Greenwich Hospital
• Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation

H

• Health Protection Agency
• Hearing Aid Council
• 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 Grown Cereals Authority
• Home Office
• Horniman Museum
• Horserace Betting Levy Board
• Horserace Totalisator Board
• Horticultural Development Council
• Housing Corporation
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
• Human Tissue Authority

I

• Imperial War Museum
• Independent Police Complaints Commission
• Investors in People UK

L

• Land Registry
• Learning and Skills Council
• Leasehold Advisory Service
• Legacy Trust UK Limited (thought not to be subject to FOI)
• Legal Services Commission
• Living East
• Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales
• London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games Limited
• London Pension Fund Authority
• London Thames Gateway Development Corporation

M

• Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
• Meat and Livestock Commission
• Medical Research Council
• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
• Merseytravel (Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive)
• Meteorological Office
• Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive)
• Milk Development Council
• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of Justice
• Monitor - Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts
• Museum of London
• Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester

N

• National Army Museum
• National Biological Standards Board
• National College for School Leadership
• National Consumer Council
• National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
• National Forest Company
• National Gallery
• National Heritage Memorial Fund
• National Library of Wales
• National Lottery Commission
• National Maritime Museum
• National Museum of Science and Industry
• National Museums and Galleries of Wales
• National Museums Liverpool
• National Policing Improvement Agency
• National Portrait Gallery
• National Research Development Corporation
• National Savings and Investments
• National School of Government
• Natural England
• Natural Environment Research Council
• Natural History Museum
• Nexus (Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive)
• NHS Blood and Transplant
• NHS Direct
• NHS Professionals
• North West Regional Development Agency
• Northern Ireland Court Service
• Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission
• Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
• Northern Ireland Office
• Northern Ireland Policing Board
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Nuclear Liabilities Fund

O

• OFCOM
• Office for Fair Access
• Office for National Statistics
• Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
• Office for the Children's Commissioner
• Office of Fair Trading
• Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
• Office of Rail Regulation
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
• Office of the Information Commissioner
• Office of the PPP Arbiter
• OGC Buying Solutions
• Olympic Delivery Authority
• Olympic Lottery Distributor
• One North East
• Ordnance Survey

P

• Parole Board
• Partnerships for Schools
• Passenger Focus
• Patent Office
• Pension Protection Fund
• Pensions Advisory Service
• Pensions Ombudsman
• Personal Accounts Delivery Authority
• Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
• Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Postal Services Commission
• Postwatch
• Privy Council Office
• Probation Board for Northern Ireland
• Public Health Laboratory Service

Q

• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
• Quality Improvement Agency

R

• Railway Heritage Committee
• Registrar of the Public Lending Right
• Remploy Ltd
• Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office
• Royal Air Force Museum
• Royal Armouries Museum
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Royal Hospital, Chelsea
• Royal Mail Holdings plc
• Royal Marines Museum
• Royal Mint
• Royal Naval Museum
• Royal Navy Submarine Museum

S

• School Food Trust
• Science and Technology Facilities Council
• SeaFish Industry Authority
• Sector Skills Development Agency
• Security and Intelligence Agencies
• Security Industry Authority
• Serious Fraud Office
• Serious Organised Crime Agency
• Simpler Trade Procedures Board
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Social Care Institute for Excellence
• South East England Development Agency
• South West England Development Agency
• South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
• Sport England
• Sports Council for Wales
• Standards Board for England
• Statistics Commission
• Student Loans Company Ltd

T

• Tate Gallery
• Technology Strategy Board
• The Crown Prosecution Service
• The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
• The National Archives
• The Pensions Regulator
• The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
• The Valuation Tribunal Service
• Thurrock Urban Development Corporation
• Training and Development Agency for Schools

U

• UK Film Council
• UK Hydrographic Office
• UK Sport
• UK Trade & Investment
• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
• University for Industry

V

• Vehicle and Operator Services Agency - VOSA
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Visit Britain

W

• Wales Centre for Health
• Wallace Collection
• Water Services Regulation Authority
• Welsh Assembly Government
• Welsh Fourth Channel Authority
• Welsh Language Board
• West Midlands Life
• West Northants UDC
• Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Y

• Yorkshire Culture
• Yorkshire Forward
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

as well as local authorities