List of Government Departments, Their Agencies and Their Ministers in Northern Ireland - UK Government Etc.

UK Government Etc.

The following departments of the United Kingdom government and UK-wide public bodies operate in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Office (NIO)

The NIO is the UK department responsible for Northern Ireland affairs and is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who represents Northern Ireland interests at Cabinet level. It is responsible for the following public bodies:

• Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
• Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Parades Commission

Executive agencies (by department)

• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
  • Companies House
• Home Office:
  • Identity and Passport Service
  • UK Border Agency
• Department for Transport:
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Non-departmental public bodies (outside NIO, by department)

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
  • Sustainable Development Commission
• Ministry of Justice:
  • Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland
  • Information Commissioner's Office

Non-ministerial departments (answerable to Parliament)

• Food Standards Agency
• HM Revenue and Customs

Other regulators

• Bank of England
• Electoral Commission
• Office of Communications

Defence and security services

• British Armed Forces (principally the British Army)
• Security Service (MI5)

Public bodies operating from Great Britain

Several public bodies have a UK-wide remit for reserved and excepted matters in Northern Ireland but operate from Great Britain.

• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills:
  • Competition Commission
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Met Office
  • Research Councils UK
  • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport:
  • National Lottery Commission
  • Olympic Delivery Authority

• Ministry of Defence:
  • United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

• Department of Energy and Climate Change:
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
  • Rural Payments Agency
  • Sea Fish Industry Authority

• Department of Health:
  • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
  • Human Genetics Commission
  • Human Tissue Authority

• Ministry of Justice
  • Information Tribunal

• Department for Transport:
  • Air Accidents Investigation Branch
  • Civil Aviation Authority
  • Marine Accident Investigation Branch
  • Rail Accident Investigation Branch

• HM Treasury:
  • Financial Services Authority
  • Royal Mint

• Non-ministerial departments:
  • Central Office of Information
  • Crown Estate
  • Office of Fair Trading
  • Serious Fraud Office