Government and public bodies in the United Kingdom
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 463 government and public bodies in the United Kingdom.
Government and public bodies set policy, fund programs and run the economic development work that shapes a regional innovation ecosystem.
The largest concentrations are in London (111), Belfast (26) and Edinburgh (20).
The United Kingdom scores 67.4 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 24 of 117 economies.
See the United Kingdom on the IEPA ↗
463 government and public bodies
- National Counter Terrorism Security Office
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - National Employment Savings Trust
Government or public body · London · nestpensions.org.uk - National Health Service Scotland
Government or public body · Edinburgh · nhsnss.org - National House Building Council
Government or public body · Milton Keynes · nhbc.co.uk - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Government or public body · Manchester · nice.org.uk - National Institute for Health and Care Research
Government or public body · London · nihr.ac.uk - National Measurement and Regulation Office
Government or public body · Dormant · London · gov.uk - National Museums Scotland
Government or public body · Edinburgh · nms.ac.uk - National Policing Improvement Agency
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - National Protective Security Authority
Government or public body · London · npsa.gov.uk - National Radiological Protection Board
Government or public body · Dormant · Didcot · gov.uk - National Records of Scotland
Government or public body · Edinburgh · nationalrecordsofscotland.gov.uk - Natural England
Government or public body · York · gov.uk - Natural Environment Research Council
Government or public body · Swindon · ukri.org - Neath Port Talbot Council
Government or public body · Port Talbot · npt.gov.uk - Newcastle City Council
Government or public body · Newcastle upon Tyne · newcastle.gov.uk - NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board
Government or public body · Closed · Oxford · bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk - NHS Digital
Government or public body · Dormant · Leeds · digital.nhs.uk - NHS England
Government or public body · London · england.nhs.uk - NHS Kent and Medway
Government or public body · Maidstone · kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk - NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
Government or public body · Sleaford · lincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk - NHS Research Scotland
Government or public body · Clydebank · nhsresearchscotland.org.uk - NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
Government or public body · Oxford · thamesvalley.icb.nhs.uk - NIHR Academy
Government or public body · Leeds · nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Barts Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · London · qmul.ac.uk - NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Birmingham · birmingham.ac.uk - NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
Government or public body · Bristol · bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Bristol Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Bristol · ukcrcexpmed.org.uk - NIHR Bristol Nutrition Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Bristol · uhbristol.nhs.uk - NIHR Cambridge Dementia Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Cambridge · cambridge-brc.org.uk - NIHR Central Commissioning Facility
Government or public body · London · nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre
Government or public body · Southampton · nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Leeds · lmbru.leeds.ac.uk - NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Leicester · le.ac.uk - NIHR Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Leicester · leicsrespiratorybru.nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Leicester · ll.dlpa.bru.nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Liverpool Pancreatic Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Liverpool · pancreasbru.co.uk - NIHR Maudsley Dementia Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · London · brc.slam.nhs.uk - NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Nottingham · nddcbru.org.uk - NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · Nottingham · hearing.nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Centre
Government or public body · Oxford · oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Queen Square Dementia Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · London · ucl.ac.uk - NIHR Research Delivery Network
Government or public body · Leeds · nihr.ac.uk - NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · London · rbht.nhs.uk - NIHR Royal Brompton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit
Government or public body · London · rbht.nhs.uk - NIHR School for Public Health Research
Government or public body · Newcastle upon Tyne · sphr.nihr.ac.uk - Norfolk County Council
Government or public body · Norwich · norfolk.gov.uk - Norfolk Record Office
Government or public body · Norwich · archives.norfolk.gov.uk - North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
Government or public body · London · neafc.org - North Lanarkshire Council
Government or public body · Motherwell · northlanarkshire.gov.uk - North Northamptonshire Council
Government or public body · Kettering · northamptonshire.gov.uk - North Sea Transition Authority
Government or public body · Aberdeen · nstauthority.co.uk - North Somerset Council
Government or public body · Weston-super-Mare · n-somerset.gov.uk - North Yorkshire County Council
Government or public body · Northallerton · northyorks.gov.uk - Northamptonshire County Council
Government or public body · Dormant · Northampton · northamptonshire.gov.uk - Northern Ireland Assembly
Government or public body · Belfast · niassembly.gov.uk - Northern Ireland Civil Service
Government or public body · Belfast · irecruit-ext.hrconnect.nigov.net - Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Government or public body · Belfast · nihe.gov.uk - Northern Ireland Office
Government or public body · Belfast · gov.uk - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Government or public body · Belfast · nisra.gov.uk - Northern Ireland Tourist Board
Government or public body · Belfast · tourismni.com - Northumberland County Council
Government or public body · Alnwick · northumberland.gov.uk - Northumbria Police
Government or public body · Wallsend · beta.northumbria.police.uk - Northwest Regional Development Agency
Government or public body · Dormant · Warrington · gov.uk - Nottingham City Council
Government or public body · Nottingham · nottinghamcity.gov.uk - Nottinghamshire County Council
Government or public body · Nottingham · nottinghamshire.gov.uk - Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Government or public body · Egremont · nda.gov.uk - Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Office for National Statistics
Government or public body · Newport · ons.gov.uk - Office for Product Safety and Standards
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Government or public body · London · ofgem.gov.uk - Office Of Health Economics
Government or public body · London · ohe.org - Office of Rail Regulation
Government or public body · London · orr.gov.uk - Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
Government or public body · Belfast · ofmdfmni.gov.uk - Official Development Assistance
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Ofwat
Government or public body · Birmingham · ofwat.gov.uk - Oldham Council
Government or public body · Oldham · oldham.gov.uk - Ordnance Survey
Government or public body · Southampton · ordnancesurvey.co.uk - Oxford City Council
Government or public body · Oxford · oxford.gov.uk - Oxfordshire County Council
Government or public body · Oxford · oxfordshire.gov.uk - Oxfordshire Leaders Joint Committee
Government or public body · Oxford · futureoxfordshirepartnership.org - Parliament of United Kingdom
Government or public body · London · parliament.uk - Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Government or public body · London · parliament.uk - Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
Government or public body · Pembroke Dock · pembrokeshirecoast.wales - Pembrokeshire County Council
Government or public body · Haverfordwest · pembrokeshire.gov.uk - Perth and Kinross Council
Government or public body · Perth · pkc.gov.uk - Peterborough City Council
Government or public body · Peterborough · peterborough.gov.uk - Plymouth City Council
Government or public body · Plymouth · plymouth.gov.uk - Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire
Government or public body · Wakefield · westyorkshire-pcc.gov.uk - Police Scotland
Government or public body · Alloa · scotland.police.uk - Police Service of Northern Ireland
Government or public body · Belfast · psni.police.uk - Portsmouth City Council
Government or public body · Portsmouth · portsmouth.gov.uk - Public Health England
Government or public body · Dormant · London · gov.uk - Public Health Research Consortium
Government or public body · London · phrc.lshtm.ac.uk - Public Health Scotland
Government or public body · Edinburgh · publichealthscotland.scot - Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
Government or public body · Carrickfergus · qca.org.uk - Quality Meat Scotland
Government or public body · Newbridge · qmscotland.co.uk - Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Government or public body · Redcar · redcar-cleveland.gov.uk - Regional Learning and Skills Partnership South West and Mid Wales
Government or public body · rlp.wales - Research Councils UK
Government or public body · Dormant · Swindon · rcuk.ac.uk - Research England
Government or public body · Bristol · ukri.org - Resuscitation Council
Government or public body · London · resus.org.uk - Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Government or public body · Kingston upon Thames · kingston.gov.uk - Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Government or public body · Maidenhead · rbwm.gov.uk - Royal Navy
Government or public body · London · royalnavy.mod.uk - Royal Norwegian Embassy in London
Government or public body · London · norway.org.uk - Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services
Government or public body · Edinburgh · gov.scot - Rural Payments Agency
Government or public body · Reading · gov.uk - Salford City Council
Government or public body · Salford · salford.gov.uk - Saudi Arabia Cultural Bureau in London
Government or public body · London · uksacb.org - Science and Technology Facilities Council
Government or public body · Swindon · ukri.org - Scottish Agricultural Science Agency
Government or public body · Edinburgh · sasa.gov.uk - Scottish Avalanche Information Service
Government or public body · Inverness · sais.gov.uk - Scottish Enterprise
Government or public body · Glasgow · scottish-enterprise.com - Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Government or public body · Stirling · sepa.org.uk - Scottish Funding Council
Government or public body · Edinburgh · sfc.ac.uk - Scottish Government
Government or public body · Edinburgh · gov.scot - Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates
Government or public body · Edinburgh · sehd.scot.nhs.uk - Scottish Mental Health Research Network
Government or public body · Edinburgh · nhsresearchscotland.org.uk - Scottish Parliament
Government or public body · Edinburgh · parliament.scot
Cities
- Government and public bodies in London 111
- Government and public bodies in Belfast 26
- Government and public bodies in Edinburgh 20
- Government and public bodies in Swindon 12
- Government and public bodies in Bristol 9
- Government and public bodies in Oxford 9
- Government and public bodies in Manchester 8
- Government and public bodies in Leicester 7
- Government and public bodies in Glasgow 6
- Government and public bodies in Leeds 6
- Government and public bodies in Nottingham 6
- Government and public bodies in Southampton 6
- Government and public bodies in Aberdeen 5
- Government and public bodies in Birmingham 5
- Government and public bodies in Cambridge 5
- Government and public bodies in Inverness 5
- Government and public bodies in Reading 5
- Government and public bodies in Aylesbury 4
- Government and public bodies in Cardiff 4
- Government and public bodies in Exeter 4
- Government and public bodies in Maidstone 4
- Government and public bodies in Portsmouth 4
- Government and public bodies in Guildford 3
- Government and public bodies in Lisburn 3
- Government and public bodies in Liverpool 3
- Government and public bodies in Norwich 3
- Government and public bodies in Swansea 3