Trading fund

Trading funds are established under the Government Trading Funds Act 1973. It's not clear whether they are government departments (and hence subject to FOIA) in their own right, or merely part of their parent departments. In any case, they include:

• Central Office of Information (SI 1991/857)
• Land Registry (SI 1993/938, controlled by the Chief Land Registrar)
• Ordnance Survey (SI 1999/965)
• Royal Mint (SI 1975/501)
• Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (SI 1991/773, amended by SI 2003/942)
• Buying Solutions (SI 1991/875, amended by SI 2001/922 and SI 2009/647)
• Companies House (SI 1991/1795)
• Patent Office (SI 1991/1796)
• Fire Service College (SI 1992/640)
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (SI 1993/380, SI 1995/650, and SI 2001/1246)
• Hydrographic Office (SI 1996/773)
• Meteorological Office (SI 1996/774)
• Registers of Scotland Executive Agency (SI 1996/1004, controlled by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland)
• Driving Standards Agency (SI 1997/873)
• Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre (SI 1997/933)
• ABRO (SI 2002/719)
• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (SI 2003/1076)
• Defence Support Group (SI 2008/563)
• FCO Services (SI 2008/590)

Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland, trading funds are established under the Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1993. Funds so established include:

• Driver & Vehicle Testing Agency (SR 1996/32)

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