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Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs)
A non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a body which plays a role in the processes of national government, but is not a government department or part of one.
As such it operates to a greater or lesser extent at arm's length from government and ministers. To ensure fairness and propriety all NDPBs must follow the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) code of practice when making board member appointments.
There are three main types of NDPB within Defra:
- Executive NDPBs
- Advisory NDPBs
- Levy bodies
Executive NDPBs
- Agricultural Wages Board
- Agricultural Wages Committee
- Commission for Rural Communities
- Consumer Council for Water
- Environment Agency
- Gangmasters Licensing Authority
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- National Forest Company
- Natural England
- Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
- Sustainable Development Commission
Advisory NDPBs
- Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (ACHS)
- Advisory Committee on Organic Standards (ACOS)
- Advisory Committee on Packaging
- Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP)
- Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE)
- Advisory Group on Sustainable Consumption and Production Evidence Base
- Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees (ADHACs)
- Air Quality Expert Group
- Animal Health & Welfare Strategy England Implementation Group
- Bovine TB Advisory Group
- Committee on Agricultural Valuation [Dormant]
- Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
- Darwin Advisory Committee (the Darwin Initiative)
- Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC)
- Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
- Inland Waterways Advisory Council
- Pesticide Residues Committee
- Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
- Science Advisory Council
- Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
- Trade Union Sustainable Development Advisory Committee (TUSDAC)
- Veterinary Products Committee
- Veterinary Residues Committee
- Zoos Forum
Levy Bodies
Defra has responsibility for two Levy Bodies. These are NDPBs which are funded through statutory levies from particular industry sectors.
Tribunal NDPBs
Defra also has responsibility for two Public Corporations:
Useful links
- Cabinet Office guidance on NDPBs (Civil Service)
Page last modified: 28 September 2009