Home Office public bodies

The Home Office sponsors a number of non-departmental public bodies and other bodies.

Public bodies

Public bodies carry out functions on behalf of the government but are operationally independent of the department that sponsors them. This allows them to focus on their own objectives and make unbiased recommendations and decisions.

Home Office or non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) include:

Executive non-departmental public bodies

• Equality and Human Rights Commission
• Independent Police Complaints Commission
• Independent Safeguarding Authority
• National Policing Improvement Agency
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
• Security Industry Authority
• Serious Organised Crime Agency

Advisory non-departmental public bodies

• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Animal Procedures Committee
• Migration Advisory Committee
• National DNA Database Ethics Group
• Police Advisory Board
• Police Negotiating Board 
• Technical Advisory Board 

Tribunal non-departmental public bodies

• Investigatory Powers Tribunal 
• Office of the Surveillance Commissioners 
• Police Arbitration Tribunal 
• Police (Discipline) Appeals Tribunal

Independent inspectorates

• HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
• Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency

Government-owned company 

• Forensic Science Service (FSS)