The Procurement Regulations 2024

Regulation 44

Schedule 2 Central government authorities

Central government authorities

Lead authority	Related authority
(1)	(2)
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Armagh Observatory
Armagh Planetarium
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Attorney General’s Office	Government Legal Department
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Belfast Metropolitan College
Cabinet Office	Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
	Boundary Commission for England
	Crown Commercial Service
Charity Commission
The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice
Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta
Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Victims and Survivors
Community Relations Council
Construction Industry Training Board – Construction Skills NI
Corporate Officer of the House of Commons
Corporate Officer of the House of Lords
Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
Crown Estate – Vote Expenditure Only
Crown Prosecution Service
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Competition Appeal Tribunal
	Competition and Markets Authority
	Competition Service
	Intellectual Property Office
	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
	Meteorological Office (known as “Met Office”)
	Office of Manpower Economics
	Oil and Gas Authority
	UK Research and Innovation
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Arts Council England
	British Library
	British Museum
	The Gambling Commission
	Historic Buildings and Monuments
	Commission for England (known as “Historic England”)
	Imperial War Museum
	National Gallery
	National Maritime Museum
	National Portrait Gallery
	Natural History Museum
	Board of Trustees of the Science Museum (known as “Science Museum Group”)
	Tate Gallery
	Victoria and Albert Museum
	Wallace Collection
Department for Education	Office for Students
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Natural England
	Plant Variety Rights Office
	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Department for International Trade
Department for Transport	Maritime and Coastguard Agency
	Highways England Company Ltd (known as “Highways England”)
Department for Work and Pensions	Office of Nuclear Regulation
	Social Security Advisory Committee
	Pensions Regulator
Department of Health and Social Care	NHS Business Services Authority
	NHS Commissioning Board (known as “NHS England”)
	NHS Trusts
	NHS Foundation Trusts
Education and Library Boards
Education Authority
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Exceptional Circumstances Body
Export Credits Guarantee Department (known as “UK Export Finance”)
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	Wilton Park
General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
Government Actuary’s Department
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
Home Office	HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
ILEX Urban Regeneration Company Limited
Invest Northern Ireland
Labour Relations Agency
Lay Observer for Northern Ireland
Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
Local Government Staff Commission
Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation
Middletown Centre for Autism
Ministry of Defence	Defence Equipment & Support
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Justice	Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
	Employment Appeals Tribunal
	Employment Tribunals
	First-tier Tribunal
	Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service
	Law Commission
	Legal Aid Agency – England and Wales
	Office of the Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts and the Public Trustee
	Office of the Public Guardian
	Parole Board
	UK Supreme Court
	Upper Tribunal
The National Archives
National Audit Office
National Museums Northern Ireland
National Savings and Investments
North West Regional College
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee
Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education
Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission
Northern Ireland Law Commission
Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
Northern Ireland Library Authority
Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee
Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
Northern Ireland Ministers	Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland
	Attorney General for Northern Ireland
	Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
	Department for Communities
	Department for the Economy
	Consumer Council Northern Ireland (with respect only to the functions transferred from the National Consumer Council which were themselves transferred from the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council)
	Department of Education
	Department of Finance
	Department of Health
	Department for Infrastructure
	Department of Justice
	Coroners Service
	County Courts
	Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
	Crown Court
	Enforcement of Judgements Office
	Forensic Science Northern Ireland
	Legal Service Agency Northern Ireland
	Magistrates’ Courts
	Pensions Appeals Tribunals (Northern Ireland)
	Police Service of Northern Ireland
	Probation Board for Northern Ireland
	Office of the Social Security Commissioners and Child Support Commissioners (Northern Ireland)
	State Pathologist’s Department
Executive Office
Northern Ireland Museums Council
Northern Ireland Office	Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
	Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Policing Board
Northern Ireland Policing Fund
Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery
Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman
Northern Ireland Screen
Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Northern Ireland Tourist Board
Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development
Northern Regional College
Office for National Statistics	National Health Service Central Register
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Patient and Client Council
Planning and Water Appeals Commission
Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland
Police Retraining and Rehabilitation Trust
Privy Council Office
Public Service Commission for Northern Ireland
Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well Being
Regional Business Services Organisation
Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd
HM Revenue and Customs
Revenue Scotland
Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Royal Mint
RUC George Cross Foundation
Rural Payments Agency
The Scotland Office
Scotland, Auditor-General
Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Scotland, National Records of Scotland
Scotland, Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer
Scotland, Registers of Scotland
The Scottish Ministers	Architecture and Design Scotland
	Crofting Commission
	Lands Tribunal for Scotland
	National Galleries of Scotland
	National Library of Scotland
	National Museums of Scotland
	Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
	Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
	Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
	Scottish Law Commission
	Special Health Boards
	Health Boards
	The Office of the Accountant of Court
	High Court of Justiciary
	Court of Session
	HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
	Parole Board for Scotland
	Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Scotland)
	Scottish Land Court
	Sheriff Courts
	Scottish Natural Heritage
	Scottish Police Authority
	First-tier Tribunal for Scotland
	Upper Tribunal for Scotland
	Historic Environment Scotland
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
South Eastern Regional College
South West College
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Southern Regional College
Sport NI
Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards
Statistics Advisory Committee
Stranmillis University College
Strategic Investment Board
HM Treasury	United Kingdom Debt Management Office
Ulster Supported Employment Limited
Victims and Survivors Service Ltd
The Wales Office – Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Youth Council for Northern Ireland