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1. This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 27th June 2008.

Designation

2. The bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order are designated in respect of the financial year ending on 31st March 2008 for the purposes of section 10 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000.

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SCHEDULE 1 Designated bodies for 2007 - 2008

Central government, Public Corporations etc

Advantage West Midlands

Air Travel Trust

Alcohol Education and Research Council

Architectural Heritage Fund

Army Base Repair Organisation

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Arts Council of England

Arts Council of Wales

Assets Recovery Agency

Audit Commission

Big Lottery Fund

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

British Broadcasting Corporation

British Council

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency

British Energy

British Film Institute

British Library

British Museum

British Nuclear Fuels plc

British Potato Council

British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd

British Shipbuilders

British Transport Police

British Waterways Board

Cabinet Office

Capacity Builders

Care Council for Wales

Central Office of Information

Centro (West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive)

Channel Four Television Corporation

Charity Commission

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

Churches Conservation Trust

Civil Aviation Authority

Civil Nuclear Police Authority and Constabulary

Coal Authority

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

Commission for Healthcare & Audit Inspection (The Healthcare Commission)

Commission for Judicial Appointments

Commission for Local Administration

Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health

Commission for Rural Communities

Commission for Social Care Inspection for England

Commission for the Compact Ltd

Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC)

Community Development Foundation

Companies House

Competition Commission

Competition Service

Construction Industry Training Board

Consumer Council for Water

Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence

Countryside Council for Wales

Covent Garden Market Authority

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority

Culture East Midlands

Culture North East

Culture North West

Culture South East

Culture South West

Defence Aviation Repair Agency

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Department for International Development

Department for Transport

Department for Work and Pensions

Department of Health

Deputy Prime Minister´s Office

Design Council

Driver and Vehicle Agency Northern Ireland

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Driving Standards Agency

East Midlands Regional Development Agency

East of England Development Agency

Economic and Social Research Council

Electoral Commission

Energy Watch

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

English Heritage

English Partnerships

Environment Agency

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Estyn: Her Majesty´s Inspectorate for Education & Training for Wales

Export Credits Guarantee Department

Fire Service College

Firebuy Limited

Fleet Air Arm Museum

Food from Britain

Food Standards Agency

Football Licensing Authority

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Forensic Science Service

Forest Enterprise Agency

Forestry Commission

Gambling Commission

Gangmasters Licensing Authority

Geffrye Museum

General Lighthouse Fund

General Social Care Council

General Teaching Council

Government Actuary´s Department

Government Equalities Office

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

Greenwich Hospital

Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation

Health Protection Agency

Hearing Aid Council

Higher Education Funding Council for England

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor

HM Revenue and Customs

HM Treasury

Home Grown Cereals Authority

Home Office

Horniman Museum

Horserace Betting Levy Board

Horserace Totalisator Board

Horticultural Development Council

Housing Corporation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

Human Tissue Authority

Imperial War Museum

Independent Police Complaints Commission

Investors in People UK

Land Registry

Learning and Skills Council

Leasehold Advisory Service

Legacy Trust UK Limited

Legal Services Commission

Living East

Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales

London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games Limited

London Pension Fund Authority

London Thames Gateway Development Corporation

Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission

Meat and Livestock Commission

Medical Research Council

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Merseytravel (Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive)

Meteorological Office

Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive)

Milk Development Council

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Justice

Monitor - Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts

Museum of London

Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester

National Army Museum

National Biological Standards Board

National College for School Leadership

National Consumer Council

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

National Forest Company

National Gallery

National Heritage Memorial Fund

National Library of Wales

National Lottery Commission

National Maritime Museum

National Museum of Science and Industry

National Museums and Galleries of Wales

National Museums Liverpool

National Policing Improvement Agency

National Portrait Gallery

National Research Development Corporation

National Savings and Investments

National School of Government

Natural England

Natural Environment Research Council

Natural History Museum

Nexus (Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive)

NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Direct

NHS Professionals

North West Regional Development Agency

Northern Ireland Court Service

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Policing Board

Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

Northern Ireland Water Ltd

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Nuclear Liabilities Fund

OFCOM

Office for Fair Access

Office for National Statistics

Office for Standards in Education, Children´s Services and Skills

Office for the Children´s Commissioner

Office of Fair Trading

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

Office of Rail Regulation

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner

Office of the Information Commissioner

Office of the PPP Arbiter

OGC Buying Solutions

Olympic Delivery Authority

Olympic Lottery Distributor

One North East

Ordnance Survey

Parole Board

Partnerships for Schools

Passenger Focus

Patent Office

Pension Protection Fund

Pensions Advisory Service

Pensions Ombudsman

Personal Accounts Delivery Authority

Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Postal Services Commission

Postwatch

Privy Council Office

Probation Board for Northern Ireland

Public Health Laboratory Service

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

Quality Improvement Agency

Railway Heritage Committee

Registrar of the Public Lending Right

Remploy Ltd

Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

Royal Air Force Museum

Royal Armouries Museum

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Hospital, Chelsea

Royal Mail Holdings plc

Royal Marines Museum

Royal Mint

Royal Naval Museum

Royal Navy Submarine Museum

School Food Trust

Science and Technology Facilities Council

SeaFish Industry Authority

Sector Skills Development Agency

Security and Intelligence Agencies

Security Industry Authority

Serious Fraud Office

Serious Organised Crime Agency

Simpler Trade Procedures Board

Sir John Soane´s Museum

Social Care Institute for Excellence

South East England Development Agency

South West England Development Agency

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

Sport England

Sports Council for Wales

Standards Board for England

Statistics Commission

Student Loans Company Ltd

Tate Gallery

Technology Strategy Board

The Crown Prosecution Service

The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

The National Archives

The Pensions Regulator

The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

The Valuation Tribunal Service

Thurrock Urban Development Corporation

Training and Development Agency for Schools

UK Film Council

UK Hydrographic Office

UK Sport

UK Trade & Investment

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

University for Industry

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency - VOSA

Victoria and Albert Museum

Visit Britain

Wales Centre for Health

Wallace Collection

Water Services Regulation Authority

Welsh Assembly Government

Welsh Fourth Channel Authority

Welsh Language Board

West Midlands Life

West Northants UDC

Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Yorkshire Culture

Yorkshire Forward

Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

Local Government

Adur District Council

Allerdale Borough Council

Alnwick District Council

Amber Valley Borough Council

Arun District Council

Ashfield District Council

Ashford Borough Council

Avon and Somerset Police Authority

Avon Fire Authority

Aylesbury Vale District Council

Babergh District Council

Barking & Dagenham London Borough Council

Barnet London Borough Council

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

Basildon District Council

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Bassetlaw District Council

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Bedford Borough Council

Bedfordshire and Luton Fire Authority

Bedfordshire County Council

Bedfordshire Police Authority

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council

Bexley London Borough Council

Birmingham City Council

Blaby District Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackpool Borough Council

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Blyth Valley Borough Council

Bolsover District Council

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Boston Borough Council

Bournemouth Council

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Bradford City Council

Braintree District Council

Breckland District Council

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

Brent London Borough Council

Brentwood Borough Council

Bridgend County Borough Council

Bridgnorth District Council

Brighton & Hove City Council

Bristol City Council

Broadland District Council

Broads Authority (The)

Bromley London Borough Council

Bromsgrove District Council

Broxbourne Borough Council

Broxtowe Borough Council

Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority

Buckinghamshire County Council

Burnley Borough Council

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Caerphilly County Borough Council

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Cambridge City Council

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority

Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire Police Authority

Camden London Borough Council

Cannock Chase District Council

Canterbury City Council

Caradon District Council

Cardiff City and County Council

Carlisle City Council

Carmarthenshire County Council

Carrick District Council

Castle Morpeth Borough Council

Castle Point Borough Council

Ceredigion County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Chelmsford Borough Council

Cheltenham Borough Council

Cherwell District Council

Cheshire County Council

Cheshire Fire Authority

Cheshire Police Authority

Chester City Council

Chesterfield Borough Council

Chester-le-Street District Council

Chichester District Council

Chiltern District Council

Chorley Borough Council

Christchurch Borough Council

City of York Council

Cleveland Fire Authority

Cleveland Police Authority

Colchester Borough Council

Common Council of the City of London

Congleton Borough Council

Conwy County Borough Council

Copeland Borough Council

Corby Borough Council

Cornwall County Council

Cotswold District Council

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority

Coventry City Council

Craven District Council

Crawley Borough Council

Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council

Croydon London Borough Council

Cumbria County Council

Cumbria Police Authority

Dacorum Borough Council

Darlington Borough Council

Dartford Borough Council

Dartmoor National Park Authority

Daventry District Council

Denbighshire County Council

Derby City Council

Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire Dales District Council

Derbyshire Police Authority

Derwentside District Council

Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority

Devon and Cornwall Police Authority

Devon County Council

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Dorset County Council

Dorset Fire Authority

Dorset Police Authority

Dover District Council

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Durham City Council

Durham County Council

Durham Police Authority

Dyfed Powys Police Authority

Ealing London Borough Council

Easington District Council

East Cambridgeshire District Council

East Devon District Council

East Dorset District Council

East Hampshire District Council

East Hertfordshire District Council

East Lindsey District Council

East London Waste Authority

East Northamptonshire District Council

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

East Staffordshire Borough Council

East Sussex County Council

East Sussex Fire Authority

Eastbourne Borough Council

Eastleigh Borough Council

Eden District Council

Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council

Elmbridge Borough Council

Enfield London Borough Council

Epping Forest District Council

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Erewash Borough Council

Essex County Council

Essex Fire Authority

Essex Police Authority

Exeter City Council

Exmoor National Park Authority

Fareham Borough Council

Fenland District Council

Flintshire County Council

Forest Heath District Council

Forest of Dean District Council

Fylde Borough Council

Gateshead Council

Gedling Borough Council

Gloucester City Council

Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire Police Authority

Gosport Borough Council

Gravesham Borough Council

Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Greater London Authority

Greater Manchester Fire and Civil Defence Authority

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority

Greater Manchester Police Authority

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

Greenwich London Borough Council

Guildford Borough Council

Gwent Police Authority

Gwynedd County Council

Hackney London Borough Council

Halton Borough Council

Hambleton District Council

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council

Hampshire County Council

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Hampshire Police Authority

Harborough District Council

Haringey London Borough Council

Harlow District Council

Harrogate Borough Council

Harrow London Borough Council

Hart District Council

Hartlepool Borough Council

Hastings Borough Council

Havant Borough Council

Havering London Borough Council

Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority

Herefordshire Council

Hertfordshire County Council

Hertfordshire Police Authority

Hertsmere Borough Council

High Peak Borough Council

Hillingdon London Borough Council

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

Horsham District Council

Hounslow London Borough Council

Humberside Fire Authority

Humberside Police Authority

Huntingdonshire District Council

Hyndburn Borough Council

Ipswich Borough Council

Isle of Anglesey County Council

Isle of Wight Council

Isles of Scilly (Council of the)

Islington London Borough Council

Kennet District Council

Kensington and Chelsea Council (Royal Borough of)

Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority

Kent County Council

Kent Police Authority

Kerrier District Council

Kettering Borough Council

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council

Kingston upon Hull City Council

Kingston upon Thames Council (Royal Borough of)

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Lake District National Park Authority

Lambeth London Borough Council

Lancashire County Council

Lancashire Fire Authority

Lancashire Police Authority

Lancaster City Council

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

Leeds City Council

Leicester City Council

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority

Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire Police Authority

Lewes District Council

Lewisham London Borough Council

Lichfield District Council

Lincoln City Council

Lincolnshire County Council

Lincolnshire Police Authority

Liverpool City Council

London Development Agency

London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority

Luton Borough Council

Macclesfield Borough Council

Maidstone Borough Council

Maldon District Council

Malvern Hills District Council

Manchester City Council

Mansfield District Council

Medway Council

Melton Borough Council

Mendip District Council

Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority

Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority

Merseyside Police Authority

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Merton Borough Council

Metropolitan Police Authority

Mid and West Wales Fire Authority

Mid Bedfordshire District Council

Mid Devon District Council

Mid Suffolk District Council

Mid Sussex District Council

Middlesbrough Council

Milton Keynes Council

Mole Valley District Council

Monmouthshire County Council

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

New Forest District Council

New Forest National Park Authority

Newark and Sherwood District Council

Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Newham London Borough Council

Newport City Council

Norfolk County Council

Norfolk Police Authority

North Cornwall District Council

North Devon District Council

North Dorset District Council

North East Derbyshire District Council

North East Lincolnshire Council

North Hertfordshire District Council

North Kesteven District Council

North Lincolnshire Council

North London Waste Authority

North Norfolk District Council

North Shropshire District Council

North Somerset Council

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

North Wales Fire Authority

North Wales Police Authority

North Warwickshire Borough Council

North West Leicestershire District Council

North Wiltshire District Council

North York Moors National Park Authority

North Yorkshire County Council

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

North Yorkshire Police Authority

Northampton Borough Council

Northamptonshire County Council

Northamptonshire Police Authority

Northumberland County Council

Northumberland National Park Authority

Northumbria Police Authority

Norwich City Council

Nottingham City Council

Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority

Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire Police Authority

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Oswestry Borough Council

Oxford City Council

Oxfordshire County Council

Peak District National Park Authority

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

Pembrokeshire County Council

Pendle Borough Council

Penwith District Council

Peterborough City Council

Plymouth City Council

Poole (Borough of)

Portsmouth City Council

Powys County Council

Preston City Council

Purbeck District Council

Reading Borough Council

Redbridge London Borough Council

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Redditch Borough Council

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council

Restormel Borough Council

Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council

Ribble Valley Borough Council

Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

Richmondshire District Council

Rochdale Borough Council

Rochford District Council

Rossendale Borough Council

Rother District Council

Rotherham Borough Council

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

Rugby Borough Council

Runnymede Borough Council

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Rushmoor Borough Council

Rutland County Council

Ryedale District Council

Salford City Council

Salisbury District Council

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Scarborough Borough Council

Sedgefield Borough Council

Sedgemoor District Council

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

Selby District Council

Sevenoaks District Council

Sheffield City Council

Shepway District Council

Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council

Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority

Shropshire County Council

Slough Borough Council

Snowdonia National Park Authority

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Somerset County Council

South Bedfordshire District Council

South Bucks District Council

South Cambridgeshire District Council

South Derbyshire District Council

South Gloucestershire Council

South Hams District Council

South Holland District Council

South Kesteven District Council

South Lakeland District Council

South Norfolk District Council

South Northamptonshire Council

South Oxfordshire District Council

South Ribble Borough Council

South Shropshire District Council

South Somerset District Council

South Staffordshire District Council

South Tyneside Council

South Wales Fire Authority

South Wales Police Authority

South Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority

South Yorkshire Police Authority

Southampton City Council

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Southwark London Borough Council

Spelthorne Borough Council

St Albans City and District Council

St Edmundsbury Borough Council

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Stafford Borough Council

Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Staffordshire Police Authority

Stevenage Borough Council

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Fire Authority

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Stroud District Council

Suffolk Coastal District Council

Suffolk County Council

Suffolk Police Authority

Sunderland City Metropolitan Borough Council

Surrey County Council

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Surrey Police Authority

Sussex Police Authority

Sutton London Borough Council

Swale Borough Council

Swansea City and County Council

Swindon Borough Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Tamworth Borough Council

Tandridge District Council

Taunton Deane Borough Council

Teesdale District Council

Teignbridge District Council

Telford and Wrekin (Borough of)

Tendring District Council

Test Valley Borough Council

Tewkesbury Borough Council

Thames Valley Police Authority

Thanet District Council

Three Rivers District Council

Thurrock Borough Council

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Torbay Council

Torfaen County Borough Council

Torridge District Council

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

Transport for London

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Authority

Tyne and Wear Fire and Civil Defence Authority

Tynedale District Council

Uttlesford District Council

Vale of Glamorgan County Council

Vale of White Horse District Council

Vale Royal Borough Council

Wakefield City Council

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Waltham Forest London Borough Council

Wandsworth London Borough Council

Wansbeck District Council

Warrington Borough Council

Warwick District Council

Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire Police Authority

Watford Borough Council

Waveney District Council

Waverley Borough Council

Wealden District Council

Wear Valley District Council

Wellingborough Borough Council

Welwyn Hatfield District Council

West Berkshire Council

West Devon Borough Council

West Dorset District Council

West Lancashire District Council

West Lindsey District Council

West London Waste Authority

West Mercia Police Authority

West Midlands Fire and Civil Defence Authority

West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority

West Midlands Police Authority

West Oxfordshire District Council

West Somerset District Council

West Sussex County Council

West Wiltshire District Council

West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority

West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority

West Yorkshire Police Authority

Western Riverside Waste Authority

Westminster City Council

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority

Wiltshire County Council

Wiltshire Police Authority

Winchester City Council

Windsor and Maidenhead (Royal Borough of)

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Woking Borough Council

Wokingham Council

Wolverhampton City Council

Worcester City Council

Worcestershire County Council

Worthing Borough Council

Wrexham County Borough Council

Wychavon District Council

Wycombe District Council

Wyre Borough Council

Wyre Forest District Council

Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in relation to the financial year ending on 31st March 2008 for the purposes of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. The effect of this designation is that these bodies are required to prepare and present to the Treasury such financial information in relation to that financial year as the Treasury require to enable them to prepare Whole of Government Accounts.