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

• Scottish Qualifications Authority
  Government or public body · Glasgow · sqa.org.uk
• Scottish Social Services Council
  Government or public body · Dundee · sssc.uk.com
• Sea Change Sussex
  Government or public body · Hastings · seachangesussex.co.uk
• Seafish
  Government or public body · Edinburgh · seafish.org
• Sheffield City Council
  Government or public body · Sheffield · sheffield.gov.uk
• Shetland Islands Council
  Government or public body · Lerwick · shetland.gov.uk
• Shropshire Council
  Government or public body · Shrewsbury · shropshire.gov.uk
• Slough Borough Council
  Government or public body · Slough · slough.gov.uk
• Solent Freeport
  Government or public body · Southampton · solentfreeport.com
• Solent Growth Partnership
  Government or public body · Portsmouth · solentgrowthhub.co.uk
• Solent Local Enterprise Partnership
  Government or public body · Closed · Portsmouth · solentlep.org.uk
• Somerset County Council
  Government or public body · Taunton · somerset.gov.uk
• South Downs National Park Authority
  Government or public body · Midhurst · southdowns.gov.uk
• South East LEP (SELEP)
  Government or public body · Closed · southeastlep.com
• South Gloucestershire Council
  Government or public body · Yate · southglos.gov.uk
• South Lanarkshire Council
  Government or public body · Hamilton · southlanarkshire.gov.uk
• South Oxfordshire District Council
  Government or public body · Abingdon-on-Thames · southoxon.gov.uk
• Southampton City Council
  Government or public body · Southampton · southampton.gov.uk
• Sport England
  Government or public body · Loughborough · sportengland.org
• Staffordshire County Council
  Government or public body · Stafford · staffordshire.gov.uk
• Staffordshire Police
  Government or public body · Stafford · staffordshire.police.uk
• Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
  Government or public body · Stockport · stockport.gov.uk
• Stoke-on-Trent City Council
  Government or public body · Stoke-on-Trent · stoke.gov.uk
• Strategic Investment Board
  Government or public body · Belfast · sibni.org
• Surrey County Council
  Government or public body · London · surreycc.gov.uk
• Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board
  Government or public body · Guildford · surreyheartlands.org
• Surrey Police
  Government or public body · Guildford · surrey.police.uk
• Sussex Police
  Government or public body · Lewes · sussex.police.uk
• Swansea Council
  Government or public body · Swansea · swansea.gov.uk
• Swindon Borough Council
  Government or public body · Swindon · swindon.gov.uk
• Test Valley Borough Council
  Government or public body · Andover · testvalley.gov.uk
• Thames Valley Berkshire LEP
  Government or public body · Reading · thamesvalleyberkshire.co.uk
• Thanet District Council
  Government or public body · Margate · thanet.gov.uk
• The Deputy Prime Minister's Office
  Government or public body · London · gov.uk
• The Queen's Medical Research Institute
  Government or public body · Edinburgh · ed.ac.uk
• The Skills and Business Hub
  Government or public body · Reading · skillsandbusinesshub.org
• Torbay Council
  Government or public body · Torquay · torbay.gov.uk
• Transport for London
  Government or public body · London · tfl.gov.uk
• Transport for Wales
  Government or public body · tfw.wales
• Transport Scotland
  Government or public body · Glasgow · transportscotland.gov.uk
• UK Council on Deafness
  Government or public body · Colchester · deafcouncil.org.uk
• UK Health Security Agency
  Government or public body · London · gov.uk
• UK Research and Innovation
  Government or public body · Swindon · ukri.org
• UK Sports Institute
  Government or public body · uksportsinstitute.co.uk
• UK Statistics Authority
  Government or public body · London · statisticsauthority.gov.uk
• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
  Government or public body · Abingdon · gov.uk
• United Kingdom Space Agency
  Government or public body · Swindon · gov.uk
• United Kingdom Sport
  Government or public body · London · uksport.gov.uk
• Vale of White Horse District Council
  Government or public body · Abingdon-on-Thames · whitehorsedc.gov.uk
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
  Government or public body · Addlestone · gov.uk
• Visit Wales
  Government or public body · visitwales.com
• Wave Energy Scotland
  Government or public body · Inverness · waveenergyscotland.co.uk
• WCVA
  Government or public body · wcva.cymru
• Welsh Government
  Government or public body · Cardiff · gov.wales
• Welsh Local Government Association
  Government or public body · Cardiff · wlga.wales
• Welsh Parliament
  Government or public body · Cardiff · senedd.wales
• West Berkshire Council
  Government or public body · Newbury · westberks.gov.uk
• West Dunbartonshire Council
  Government or public body · Dumbarton · west-dunbarton.gov.uk
• West Lothian Council
  Government or public body · Livingston · westlothian.gov.uk
• West Midlands Police
  Government or public body · Birmingham · west-midlands.police.uk
• West Northamptonshire Council
  Government or public body · Northampton · westnorthants.gov.uk
• West Oxfordshire District Council
  Government or public body · Witney · westoxon.gov.uk
• West Sussex County Council
  Government or public body · Chichester · westsussex.gov.uk
• What Works Network
  Government or public body · London · gov.uk
• Wiltshire Council
  Government or public body · Trowbridge · wiltshire.gov.uk
• Winchester City Council
  Government or public body · Winchester · winchester.gov.uk
• Wokingham Borough Council
  Government or public body · Wokingham · wokingham.gov.uk
• Worcestershire County Council
  Government or public body · Worcester · worcestershire.gov.uk
• Berkshire Prosperity Board
  Government or public body · Reading
• Buckinghamshire Growth Board
  Government or public body · Aylesbury
• Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership
  Government or public body
• Central Electricity Generating Board
  Government or public body · London
• Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
  Government or public body · Closed · Oxford
• Devon and Cornwall Police
  Government or public body · Exeter
• Enterprise M3 LEP
  Government or public body · Closed
• European Space Agency
  Government or public body · Harwell
• Gosport Borough Council
  Government or public body · Gosport
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  Government or public body · Southampton
• Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority
  Government or public body
• Havant Borough Council
  Government or public body · Havant
• HM Treasury
  Government or public body
• Invest in Swansea
  Government or public body · Swansea
• Local Government Improvement and Development
  Government or public body · London
• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  Government or public body
• New Forest District Council
  Government or public body · New Forest
• Northern Ireland Environment Agency
  Government or public body · Belfast
• Office for Life Sciences
  Government or public body
• Oxford Growth Commission
  Government or public body · Oxford
• Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor team
  Government or public body
• Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
  Government or public body · Dormant · Swindon
• Port Talbot Transition Board
  Government or public body · Port Talbot
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
  Government or public body · Portsmouth
• REDA (Reading's Economy & Destination Agency)
  Government or public body · Reading
• Rushmoor Borough Council
  Government or public body · Farnborough
• Scottish Home and Health Department
  Government or public body · Dormant · London
• Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority
  Government or public body
• Swansea Bay City Deal Economic Strategy Board
  Government or public body
• Swansea Bay City Deal Portfolio Management Office
  Government or public body
• Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee
  Government or public body
• SWWCJC Private Sector Advisory Board
  Government or public body
• TechFirst, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  Government or public body
• UK Space Agency
  Government or public body
• Welsh Cities and Growth Deals Implementation Board
  Government or public body

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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