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1 ANNEX a Organisations Included in the Welsh ANNEX A Organisations included in the Welsh Language Commissioner’s second standards investigation Public Bodies: Government (1 organisation) o Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales Public Bodies: Local Government (25 organisations) o Powys Teaching Health Board o The Board of Community Health o Aneurin Bevan University Health Councils in Wales Board o Abertawe Bro Morgannwg o Cwm Taf University Health Board Community Health Council o Abertawe Bro Morgannwg o Aneurin Bevan Community Health University Health Board Council o Betsi Cadwaladr University Health o Betsi Cadwaladr Community Health Board Council o Cardiff and Vale University Health o Brecknock and Radnor Community Board Health Council o Hywel Dda University Health Board. o Cardiff and Vale Community Health o Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Council Trust o Cwm Taf Community Health o Velindre NHS Trust Council o Public Health Wales NHS Trust. o Hywel Dda Community Health o NHS Business Services Authority Council o Mid and West Wales Fire and o Montgomeryshire Community Rescue Service Health Council. o South Wales Fire and Rescue o Civil Nuclear Police Authority Service o British Transport Police Authority. o North Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Schedule 5(1): Public Authorities (11 organisations) o South Wales Police and Crime o Chief Constable of North Wales Commissioner Police o Dyfed Powys Police and Crime o Chief Constable of Gwent Police Commissioner o Chief Constable of the British o North Wales Police and Crime Transport Police Commissioner o The General Pharmaceutical o Gwent Police and Crime Council Commissioner o NHS Wales Shared Services o Chief Constable of South Wales Partnership Police o Chief Constable of Dyfed Powys Police 1 Schedule 5(3)(a) - Persons who advance learning and knowledge by teaching or research or by developing or awarding qualifications (2 organisations) o Coleg Ceredigion o Coleg Sir Gâr Schedule 5 (5) – Persons providing services to the public who receive public money amounting to £400,000 or more in a financial year (7 organisations) o WEA Cymru o Royal Voluntary Service o National Association of Citizens o Hafal Advice Bureaux o Leonard Chesire Disability o Gofal Cymru o Wallich-Clifford Community Public Bodies: General (1) (21 organisations) o Cardiff and Vale College o Swansea University o Coleg Cambria o Aberystwyth University o Coleg y Cymoedd o Bangor University o St David's Catholic College o Cardiff University o Gower College Swansea o The University of Wales o Coleg Gwent o The University of Wales: Trinity o Bridgend College Saint David o Pembrokeshire College o The University of South Wales o Grŵp Llandrillo Menai o Glyndŵr University o NPTC Group o Cardiff Metropolitan University o Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa o The Open University Public Bodies: General (2) (19 organisations) o National Museum Wales o The National Library of Wales o Wales Millennium Centre o Welsh National Opera Limited o National Heritage Memorial Fund o Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C) o Student Loans Company Limited o The National Theatre Wales o Natural Resources Wales o Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru o Finance Wales o The British Broadcasting o The Arts Council of Wales Corporation (BBC) o Sport Wales o The Big Lottery Fund o Wales Council for Voluntary Action o The Office of Communications o The Welsh Books Council (OFCOM) o The National Botanic Garden of Wales 2 Public Bodies: General (3) (16 organisations) o The Quality Assurance Agency for o Universities and Colleges Higher Education Admission Service o Colleges Wales Ltd o The National Institute of Adult o The Children’s Commissioner for Continuing Education Wales o The General Chiropractic Council o The Commissioner for Older People o The General Dental Council in Wales o The General Medical Council o The General Teaching Council for o The Nursing and Midwifery Council Wales o The General Optical Council o The Higher Education Funding o The General Osteopathic Council Council for Wales o The Health and Care Professions o The Care Council for Wales Council Public Bodies: General (4) (17 organisations) o Auditor General for Wales (AGW) o Welsh Local Government o Professional Standards Authority for Association (WLGA) Health and Social Care (PSA) o Valuation Tribunal for Wales (VTW) o Youth Justice Board for England o Information Commissioner's Office and Wales (YJB) (ICO) o Royal Commission on the Ancient o The Mental Health Review Tribunal and Historical Monuments of Wales for Wales (MHRTW) (RCAHMW) o The Special Educational Needs o Independent Police Complaints Tribunal for Wales (SENTW) Commission o Residential Property Tribunal Wales o Equality and Human Rights (RPTW) Commission (EHRC) o Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales o Local Democracy and Boundary (ALTW) Commission for Wales (LDBCW) o Data Unit Wales o UK Commission For Employment o The Electoral Commission and Skills (UKCES) 3 .
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