ESPO may supply goods and provide services to a “public body”, as defined in the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (as amended) (“the Act”), i.e.: any local authority, any police and crime commissioner, any housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988, any probation trust, any organisation that has received public body designation under the Act through secondary legislation, any parish council and representative body of a rural parish.
Please find a list of those organisations that have received public body designation under the Act through secondary legislation below.
Some of these organisations are individually named in the right-hand column of the list and others are listed by class. Organisations within a class can be clarified by referring to the secondary legislation listed in the left-hand column of the list.
List of Public Bodies designated by Order under the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public PART I Bodies) Order 1972 (SI 1972/853) The Welsh Hospital Board.
Homes and Communities Agency.
The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
The County Councils Association.
The Association of Municipal Corporations.
The London Boroughs Association.
The Urban District Councils Association.
The Rural District Councils Association.
The Joint Advisory Committee on Local Authority Purchasing.
The Local Government Training Board.
The Local Authorities’ Conditions of Service Advisory Board.
The Local Authorities’ Management Services and Computer Committee.
The Women’s Royal Voluntary Service.
The St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade.
The British Red Cross Society.
Age Concern.
The National Citizens Advice Bureaux Council.
The National Marriage Guidance Council.
The Family Planning Association.
The National Joint Council for Local Authorities Administrative Professional Technical and Clerical Services (including constituent Provincial Councils).
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Justices’ Clerks.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Justices’ Clerks Assistants.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Approved Schools and Remand Homes in England and Wales.
The Whitley Council for New Towns Staff.
The National Joint Council for County Council Roadmen (including constituent Provincial Councils).
The National Joint Council for Local Authorities (Manual Workers) (including constituent Provincial Councils).
The National Joint Council for Workshops for the Blind.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authorities Services (Building and Civil Engineering).
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authorities Services (Engineering Craftsmen).
The National Joint Council for Local Authorities’ Fire Brigades.
The National Joint Council for Chief Officers of Local Authorities’ Fire Brigades.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for the Probation Service.
The Police Council for the United Kingdom.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Clerks of County Councils.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Town Clerks and District Council Clerks.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers of Local Authorities.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Youth Leaders and Community Centre Wardens.
The Joint Committee for Water Engineers Salaries.
The Medical and (Hospital) Dental (Committee C, Public Health Service) Whitley Council for the Health Services (Great Britain).
The Dental (Local Authorities) Whitley Council for the Health Services (Great Britain).
The Association of Education Committees.
PART II
A Regional Hospital Board, Hospital Management Committee or Board of Governors of a teaching hospital.
A voluntary hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1946.
A society or individual receiving payments out of moneys provided by Parliament under section 96(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.
A managing committee of an approved probation hostel or home within the meaning of section 46(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948.
A probation committee or after care committee constituted under section 45 of and Schedule 5 to the Criminal Justice Act 1948.
A police committee or watch committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Police Act 1964.
A police authority for a combined area constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Police Act 1964.
A New Town Development Corporation.
An institution to which grants in aid of university education are paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
A local council of social service.
A community relations council.
A citizens’ advice bureau.
A local marriage guidance council.
A community association.
An old people’s association.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public ENGLAND Bodies) Order 1975 (SI 1975/193) NATIONAL BODIES OR BODIES RELATED TO A NATIONAL BODY
The Association of Metropolitan Authorities.
The Association of County Councils.
The Association of District Councils.
The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
A Magistrates’ Court Committee.
The Arts Council of Great Britain.
The Welsh Arts Council.
A Regional Arts Association.
A Local Arts Council sponsored or grant aided by a local authority.
The British Film Institute.
The Sports Council.
The Sports Council for Wales.
A Regional Sports Council.
The English Tourist Board.
A Regional Tourist Board established by the English Tourist Board.
A Passenger Transport Executive.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
The Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas.
The Mid-Wales Industrial Development Association Development Committee.
The Eastern Border Development Association Development Committee.
The Lincolnshire Joint Development Committee.
The West Midlands Development Committee.
The Millom Development Committee.
The English Industrial Estates Corporation.
The Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation.
The Whitley Council for the Staffs of Industrial Estates Corporations.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Executives of Local Authorities.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Former Approved Schools and Remand Homes in England and Wales.
The National Joint Council for Local Authorities’ Services (Manual Workers) (including constituent Provincial Councils).
The Committee on Salary Scales and Service Conditions of Inspectors, Organisers, and Advisory Officers of Local Education Authorities.
EDUCATIONAL BODIES
The managers, governors or other body responsible for the management of:
(a) a voluntary aided or special agreement school;
(b) a special school not maintained by a local authority;
(c) a school or other educational establishment (including a college of education) in receipt of grant under section 100(1)(b) of the Education Act 1944; within the meaning of the Education Acts of 1944, 1946, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968 and 1971.
The managers, governors, or other body responsible for the management of an independent school, or alternative provision Academy that is not an independent school, which operates otherwise than for profit.
The proprietor of a 16 to 19 Academy.
The managers, governors or other body responsible for the management of:
(a) a residential college for adult education;
(b) an establishment for the further education or training of disabled persons.
The Workers’ Educational Association and constituent branches.
A Regional Advisory Council for Further Education.
The Welsh Joint Education Committee.
The Council of the Royal College of Art.
The Cranfield Institute of Technology.
A college of London University.
The Wiltshire Rural Music School Ltd.
The Wiltshire Drama Association.
SOCIAL SERVICES BODIES
The managers, governors, or other body responsible for the management of:
(a) a nursery school;
(b) a pre-school playgroup;
(c) a hospital playgroup; which operates otherwise than for profit.
The Pre-School Playgroups Association and constituent bodies.
Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin.
The managers of a voluntary home registered under the Children Act 1948.
The managers of a controlled or assisted community home provided under the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.
The managers of a home provided by a voluntary organisation operating otherwise than for profit, for the elderly, the physically or mentally handicapped, or unmarried mothers.
The National Council of Social Service.
The Council of Social Service for Wales.
The National Association for Mental Health.
The National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children.
The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.
The Mental After Care Association.
The Samaritans.
The Richmond Fellowship.
The North, Western, and Southern Regional Associations for the Blind and constituent bodies.
The Wales Council for the Blind and constituent bodies.
St. Dunstan’s for Men and Women Blinded on War Service.
The Central Council for the Disabled and affiliated bodies.
The Wales Council for the Disabled and affiliated bodies.
The North, Midland, West and South-East Regional Associations for the Deaf.
The Welsh Association for the Deaf.
The Royal National Institute for the Deaf.
The British Association of the Hard of Hearing.
The National Deaf Children’s Society.
The British Deaf Association.
The management committee of a voluntary youth organisation affiliated to the National Council of Voluntary Youth Organisations.
Trustees administering an Alms House Charity.
A housing association registered under Part II of the Housing Act 1974.
A Rural Community Council.
A Village Hall Management Committee.
The Soldiers’ Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association.
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes and constituent branches.
The National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds and constituent branches.
OTHER BODIES
A society for the provision of smallholdings or allotments as mentioned in section 49 of the Smallholdings and Allotments Act 1908.
Local trustees administering allotments. The Chiltern Mothercraft Training Society.
WALES
NATIONAL BODIES OR BODIES RELATED TO A NATIONAL BODY
The Association of Metropolitan Authorities.
The Association of County Councils.
The Association of District Councils.
The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
A Magistrates’ Court Committee.
The Arts Council of Great Britain.
The Welsh Arts Council.
A Regional Arts Association.
A Local Arts Council sponsored or grant aided by a local authority.
The British Film Institute.
The Sports Council.
The Sports Council for Wales.
A Regional Sports Council.
The English Tourist Board.
A Regional Tourist Board established by the English Tourist Board.
A Passenger Transport Executive.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
The Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas.
The Mid-Wales Industrial Development Association Development Committee.
The Eastern Border Development Association Development Committee.
The Lincolnshire Joint Development Committee.
The West Midlands Development Committee.
The Millom Development Committee.
The English Industrial Estates Corporation.
The Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation.
The Whitley Council for the Staffs of Industrial Estates Corporations.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Executives of Local Authorities.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Former Approved Schools and Remand Homes in England and Wales.
The National Joint Council for Local Authorities’ Services (Manual Workers) (including constituent Provincial Councils).
The Committee on Salary Scales and Service Conditions of Inspectors, Organisers, and Advisory Officers of Local Education Authorities.
EDUCATIONAL BODIES
The managers, governors or other body responsible for the management of:
(a) a voluntary aided or special agreement school;
(b) a special school not maintained by a local authority;
(c) a school or other educational establishment (including a college of education) in receipt of grant under section 100(1)(b) of the Education Act 1944; within the meaning of the Education Acts of 1944, 1946, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968 and 1971.
The managers, governors, or other body responsible for the management of an independent school which operates otherwise than for profit.
The managers, governors or other body responsible for the management of:
(a) a residential college for adult education;
(b) an establishment for the further education or training of disabled persons.
The Workers’ Educational Association and constituent branches.
A Regional Advisory Council for Further Education.
The Welsh Joint Education Committee.
The Council of the Royal College of Art.
The Cranfield Institute of Technology.
A college of London University.
The Wiltshire Rural Music School Ltd.
The Wiltshire Drama Association.
SOCIAL SERVICES BODIES
The managers, governors, or other body responsible for the management of:
(a) a nursery school;
(b) a pre-school playgroup;
(c) a hospital playgroup; which operates otherwise than for profit.
The Pre-School Playgroups Association and constituent bodies.
Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin.
The managers of a voluntary home registered under the Children Act 1948.
The managers of a controlled or assisted community home provided under the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.
The managers of a home provided by a voluntary organisation operating otherwise than for profit, for the elderly, the physically or mentally handicapped, or unmarried mothers.
The National Council of Social Service.
The Council of Social Service for Wales.
The National Association for Mental Health.
The National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children.
The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.
The Mental After Care Association.
The Samaritans.
The Richmond Fellowship.
The North, Western, and Southern Regional Associations for the Blind and constituent bodies.
The Wales Council for the Blind and constituent bodies.
St. Dunstan’s for Men and Women Blinded on War Service.
The Central Council for the Disabled and affiliated bodies.
The Wales Council for the Disabled and affiliated bodies.
The North, Midland, West and South-East Regional Associations for the Deaf.
The Welsh Association for the Deaf.
The Royal National Institute for the Deaf.
The British Association of the Hard of Hearing.
The National Deaf Children’s Society.
The British Deaf Association.
The management committee of a voluntary youth organisation affiliated to the National Council of Voluntary Youth Organisations.
Trustees administering an Alms House Charity.
A housing association registered under Part II of the Housing Act 1974.
A Rural Community Council.
A Village Hall Management Committee.
The Soldiers’ Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association.
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes and constituent branches.
The National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds and constituent branches.
OTHER BODIES
A society for the provision of smallholdings or allotments as mentioned in section 49 of the Smallholdings and Allotments Act 1908.
Local trustees administering allotments.
The Chiltern Mothercraft Training Society.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Bodies) Order 1981 (SI 1981/1049) Administrations.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The City Literary Institute. Bodies) Order 1990 (SI 1990/433) Medway Housing Society Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England. Bodies) Order 1992 (SI 1992/2830) Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.
Bethnal Green City Challenge Company Limited.
Bradford City Challenge Limited.
Deptford City Challenge Limited.
Hulme Regeneration Limited.
Nottingham City Challenge Partnership Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Blackburn City Challenge Partnership Board. Bodies) Order 1993 (SI 1993/2097) Bolton City Challenge Partnership Limited.
Community North (Sunderland).
Dalston City Partnership Limited.
Derby Pride Limited.
Harlesden City Challenge Limited.
Hartlepool City Challenge Board.
Hulme Community Homes (Manchester) Limited.
Leicester City Challenge Limited.
The Newcastle West End Partnership Limited.
North Tyneside City Challenge Partnership Limited.
Stratford Development Partnership Limited.
Wolverhampton City Challenge.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Development Board for Rural Wales. Bodies) Order 1994 (SI 1994/37) Welsh Development Agency.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Batley Action Limited. Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1994 (SI 1994/1389) Brixton City Challenge Company Limited.
Douglas Valley Partnership Limited.
Newtown South Aston City Challenge Limited.
North Kensington City Challenge Company Limited.
Walsall City Challenge Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Bodies)(Meat Hygiene) Order 1995 (SI 1995/2626) relation to England, and the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland and Wales to the extent that the functions exercised by those persons relate to inspections of meat for the purposes of hygiene or of animals for the purposes of welfare.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The Secretary of State for Transport. Bodies) (Trunk Roads) Order 1996 (SI 1996/342) The Secretary of State for Wales. As amended by the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Trunk Roads) (Amendment) A DBFO contractor, including a sub-contractor of such Order 1997 (SI 1997/849) person.
(”DBFO contract” means a contract between the Secretary of State for Transport or the Secretary of State for Wales and another person pursuant to which such other person undertakes responsibility for the design, building, financing and operation of a trunk road for an agreed period).
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The Secretary of State for Transport. Bodies) (Trunk Roads) (No. 2) Order 1996 (SI 1996/1814) The Secretary of State for Wales.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The Julie Rose Stadium. Bodies) (The Julie Rose Stadium) Order 1996 (SI 1996/2534)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The English Sports Council. Bodies)(Sports Councils) Order 1996 (SI 1996/3092) The United Kingdom Sports Council.
The Scottish Sports Council.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Huddersfield Pride Limited. Bodies) Order 1997 (SI 1997/101) Routes to Work (Derby) Limited.
Stainforth Development Limited.
Sydenham SRB Trust.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public A management agent. Bodies) (Trunk Roads) (No. 1) Order 1997 (SI 1997/204) A works contractor.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Greater London Enterprise Limited. Bodies) (Greater London Enterprise Limited) Order 1997 (SI 1997/809)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The Secretary of State for Transport. Bodies) (Trunk Roads) (No. 2) Order 1997 (SI 1997/850) The Secretary of State for Wales.
A DBFO contractor.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for Bodies) (English Heritage) Order 1997 (SI 1997/1835) England.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bedford Bereavement Care Limited. Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1997 (SI 1997/2095) Wansbeck Energy Company Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bedford (Cauldwell and Kingsbrook) Regeneration Bodies) Order 1998 (SI 1998/308) Partnership.
Bedford (Queens Park) Partnership Limited.
Dewsbury Partnership Limited.
Into Work (Sunderland) Limited.
Ryedale Energy Conservation Group Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Further Education (London Region) Services Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1998 (SI 1998/868) (”FELORS”).
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Newham Healthcare Trust. Bodies) (No. 3) Order 1998 (SI 1998/1123) Bristol Regeneration Partnership Limited.
West Euston Partnership Limited.
The Institute of Burial and Cremation Administration.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Community Initiative Partnerships. Bodies) (No. 4) Order 1998 (SI 1998/1574) Hounslow Cultural and Community Services.
Hounslow Sport and Recreation Services.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Breakthrough UK Limited. Bodies) (No. 5) Order 1998 (SI 1998/2956) Bishop’s Castle and District Lifeline Company Limited.
Greater Nottingham Rapid Transit Limited.
Manchester Care and Repair Limited.
Thorney Close Action and Enterprise Centre.
Twining Enterprise Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public London Luton Airport Operations Limited. Bodies) (No. 6) Order 1998 (SI 1998/3095)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Borough of Havant Sport and Leisure Trust. Bodies) (No. 1) Order 1999 (SI 1999/421)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The Academy of Youth Limited. Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1999 (SI 1999/1754) Coronation Park at Launceston, Cornwall.
The New Opportunities Fund.
The Preston and Western Lancashire Racial Equality Council.
Renaisi Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Boston Volunteer Charity. Bodies) Order 2000 (SI 2000/63) Tees Valley Leisure Limited.
West Cumbria Estates Management Limited.
Commission for Local Administration in England.
Manchester Commonwealth Games Limited.
Manchester 2002 Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Edward Harvist’s Charity. Bodies) (No. 2) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1027) The Hines Trust.
Mayor of Harrow’s Charity Fund.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public A person with whom a local education authority has Bodies) (England) Order 2001 (SI 2001/243) entered into a contract or other arrangement for the performance of functions on the authority’s behalf pursuant to a direction made by the Secretary of State under section 497A(4) of the Education Act 1996.
The School Development Support Agency.
A City Technology College, City College for the Technology of the Arts or City Academy which has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of State pursuant to section 482 of the Education Act 1996.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public NewSchools (Cornwall) Limited. Bodies) (England) (No. 2) Order 2001 (SI 2001/691) United Waste Services (South Gloucestershire) Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Thurrock Community Leisure Limited. Bodies) (England) (No. 3) Order 2001 (SI 2001/1823) Care Plus Trust Limited.
Paddington Development Trust.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Liverpool Direct Limited. Bodies) (England) (No. 4) Order 2001 (SI 2001/3347) Schools PBS Limited.
Tynedale Housing Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public A body set up by a local authority, in exercise of Bodies) (England) Order 2002 (SI 2002/522) powers under section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 or section 1 of the Localism Act 2011, to exercise management functions as agent of the local authority under an arrangement approved by the Secretary of State under section 27 of the Housing Act 1985.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The National Assembly for Wales. Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002 (SI 2002/1729) The Care Council for Wales.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Kirklees Active Leisure. Bodies) (England) (No. 2) Order 2002 (SI 2002/2244)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Active Life Limited. Bodies) (England) (No. 3) Order 2002 (SI 2002/2624)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Swaythling Parochial Church Council. Bodies) (England) Order 2003 (SI 2003/354) York Museums and Gallery Trust.
South Lakeland Leisure.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public East Leake Schools Limited. Bodies) (England) (No. 2) Order 2003 (SI 2003/1018)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Doncaster Dome Leisure Trust. Bodies) (England) (No.3) Order 2003 (SI 2003/2069) Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust.
Trafford Community Leisure Trust.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning Bodies) (England) (No. 4) Order 2003 (SI 2003/2558) Foundation.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services)(Public Pyramid Schools (Cornwall) Limited. Bodies)(England) Order 2004 (SI 2004/485) Haden Building Management Limited.
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public District Surveyors Association Local Authority Building Bodies) (England) (No.2) Order 2004 (SI 2004/2475) Control Advisory Services Limited (”LABCAS”)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public PBS 2003 Limited. Bodies) (Wales) Order 2004 (SI 2004/2878)
The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Natural Resources Body for Wales Order 2012 (SI 2012/1903)
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public The National Probation Service. Bodies) (England) Order 2014 (SI 2014/1197) The Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Cumbria and Lancashire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Durham Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Humberside, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The West Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Cheshire and Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company.
Limited The Merseyside Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Staffordshire and West Midlands Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Warwickshire and West Mercia Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Dorset, Devon and Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Thames Valley Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Norfolk and Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Essex Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The London Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.
The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company Limited.