Government departments and agencies Former name(s) Departmental codes used in that we work with our Catalogue Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration CW Service Agriculture and Horticulture FY Development Board Animal Health MAF Arts and Humanities Research Council Atomic Weapons Establishment Atomic Weapons Research ES Establishment Attorney General's Office LO Big Lottery Fund Millennium Commission; JE, MM National Lottery Charities Board (Community Fund); New Opportunities Fund Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Boundary Commission for England AX Boundary Commission for Wales British Antarctic Survey British Council BW, FB British Educational Communications EA and Technology Agency British Geological Survey British Library DH British Museum CE British Rail (Residuary) AN, RAIL British Telecom Archives TCD, TCK Cabinet Office CAB, PREM Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) BD Care Quality Commission Commission for Social Care Inspection; Healthcare Commission; Mental Health Commission Central Arbitration Committee Central Office of Information INF Certification Officer CL Charity Commission CHAR Chemicals Regulation Directorate Pesticides Safety SE Directorate Child Maintenance and Enforcement Child Support Agency LY Commission Civil Aviation Authority DR Civil Nuclear Police Authority Coal Authority KD Coal Industry Social Welfare BX Organisation Commission for Architecture and the Royal Fine Arts Council BP Built Environment Commission for Local Administration HT in England Commission for Local Administration in Wales Commission for Rural Communities

Commonwealth Institute Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom Commonwealth War Graves Commission Companies House BT Competition Appeal Tribunal Competition Commission JD, BT Construction Industry Training Board Consumer Focus Consumer Council AJ Countryside Council for Wales NH Criminal Cases Review Commission MJ Criminal Records Bureau Crown Agents CAOG Crown Estate Paving Commission HV Crown Prosecution Service DPP Defence Estates CM, WORK Defence Geographic Centre WO Defence Science and Technology WO, DEFE Laboratory Department for Business, Innovation Department for Innovation, BT, COAL, FV, NK, PJ, DSIR, and Skills Universities and Skills; HF, JF, JW, POWE, PV, BIS, Department for Business, SR, ST (DIUS) Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Department for Communities and Local Office of the Deputy Prime HLG, FJ, AT Government Minister Department for Culture, Media and PF Sport Department for Education Department for Children, RH, NV, ED Schools and Families Department for Environment, Food and Ministry of Agriculture, MAF, AT Rural Affairs Fisheries and Food Department for International OD Development Department for Transport Department for Transport, AN, MT, LM Local Government and the Regions Department for Work and Pensions Department for Education WORK, BN, JB, LAB, PIN, ET, and Skills; Department of AST, BF, BK, CT, LX, NB, NIA, Social Security NICO, EH Department of Energy and Climate Climate Change Group; EG, SU Change Energy Group Department of Health JA, MH, BN Duchy of Lancaster Office DL Economic and Social Research Council EY

Electoral Commission Engineering and Physical Sciences EV Research Council Environment Agency RD, AT Equality and Human Rights Commission for Racial CK, SH Commission Equality; Equal Opportunities Commission; Disability Rights Commission Estyn Her Majesty's Inspectorate For JK Education & Training In Wales Export Credits Guarantee Department ECG Food and Environment Research FERA Agency Food Standards Agency KM Foreign and Commonwealth Office FO, FCO, CO, DO Foreign Compensation Commission FO 1004 Forestry Commission F Gambling Commission HO 412 General Social Care Council PH Girobank plc Archives GIRO Government Actuary's Department ACT Government Communications HW Headquarters Government Inquiries Greenwich Hospital ADM 169 Health and Safety Executive Health and Safety EF Commission Health Protection Agency National Radiological HP, DN Protection Board Her Majesty's Courts Service Magistrates' Courts LE Service; Court Service Higher Education Funding Council for UGC, KL, JS England Higher Education Funding Council for JM Wales Historic Royal Palaces KX, WORK, CM HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate HM Land Registry LAR HM Revenue and Customs HM Customs and Excise; CUST, IR, EM Inland Revenue HM Treasury T, EW Home Office HO Homes and Communities Agency English Partnerships FJ Hudson's Bay Company BH Identity and Passport Service General Register Office Imperial War Museum EN Independent Living Funds Independent Police Complaints Police Complaints Authority LK Commission Information Commissioner's Office JX International Whaling Commission Joint Nature Conservation Committee KR Judicial Committee of the Privy PCAP Council Law Officers LO Legal Services Commission Local Government Boundary DD Commission for Wales Marine Management Organisation Marine and Fisheries MAF Agency Maritime and Coastguard Agency BT Marshall Aid Commemoration HR Commission Medical Research Council FD Medicines and Healthcare products Medicines Control Agency; Regulatory Agency Medical Devices Agency Met Office BJ Metropolitan Police Service MEPO MI5 Security Service KV Ministry of Defence ADM, AIR AVIA, DEFE, WO Ministry of Justice Department for ASSI, CRIM, J, LCO, PCOM Constitutional Affairs Museum of London DC Museums, Libraries and Archives Museums & Galleries EB Council Commission National Audit Office AO, NIA National Health Service CF National Institute for Health and Health Development FP Clinical Excellence Agency National Maritime Museum NMM National Measurement Office BT, WM National Museum of Science and Industry National Museums Liverpool National Nuclear Laboratory National Offender Management Service HO, MJ

National Patient Safety Agency National Physical Laboratory National Policing Improvement Agency Police Information Technology Organisation National Portrait Gallery BY National Savings and Investments NSC Natural England Countryside Agency CA, COU, FT Natural Environment Research Council HA

Natural History Museum DF Northern Ireland Office CJ Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Nursing and Midwifery Council DV, DT, KN, DX, DW, DY, HE Office for National Statistics RG Office for Standards in Education KT Office of Communications LF Office of Fair Trading LD Office of Gas and Electricity Markets FA, PY Office of Government Commerce Office of HM Paymaster General PMG Office of Manpower Economics NJ Office of Rail Regulation Rail Regulator JR Office of the Parliamentary Counsel AM

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Office of Water Services JC Ordnance Survey OS, ZOS, OD Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Parole Board for England and Wales BV

Pensions Ombudsman Pensions Regulator Occupational Pensions DM, SB Regulatory Authority Postal Services Commission PX Privy Council Office PC Property Services Agency CM, WORK Qualifications and Curriculum Qualifications and FW Development Agency Curriculum Agency Remploy Ltd BM Royal Armouries Royal Botanic Gardens RM Royal Commission for Historical AE Monuments in England Royal Commission on Environmental CY Pollution Royal Commission on Historical HMC Manuscripts Royal Commission on the Ancient and MONW Historical Monuments of Wales Royal Mail POST Royal Mint MINT Royal Observatory Greenwich RGO Rural Payments Agency MAF Science and Technology Facilities Particle Physics and LJ, RGO Council Astronomy Research Council; Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils Secret Intelligence Service HD Security Industry Authority Serious Fraud Office Serious Organised Crime Agency National Crime Squad; National Criminal Intelligence Service Simpler Trade Procedures Board BT Skills Funding Agency RC Special Operations Executive HS Strategic Rail Authority Sustainable Development Commission D Tate Gallery TG The Crown Estate CRES The Historic Buildings and Monuments FM, WORK, CM Commission for England (English Heritage) The Insolvency Service RF The National Archives PRO, RW The National Gallery NG The Royal Parks KW, WORK, CM Training and Development Agency for PB Schools Treasury Solicitor's Department TS Tribunals Service LT, BF, BL UK Border Agency Border and Immigration HO Agency; Immigration and Nationality Directorate UK Debt Management Office NDO UK Intellectual Property Office United Kingdom Atomic Energy AB Authority United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Veterinary Laboratories Agency VL Veterinary Medicines Directorate Victoria and Albert Museum Wallace Collection AR Welsh Assembly Government BD Western European Union Young People’s Learning Agency RC