Organisations Listing

This page contains a list of all the UK government departments and other public organisations we can investigate.

You can also use our complaint checker tool 'Can we look into your complaint?' to find out if we can investigate the organisation you want to complain about. It will take you to the correct complaint form.

If you are still not sure, this page will tell you what we can and can't help with or you can ring us 0345 015 4033.

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W Y

Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee on Animal Feeding Stuffs
Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
Advisory Committee on Consumer Engagement
Advisory Committee on Microbiological Safety of Food
Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
Advisory Council on Historical Manuscripts
Advisory Council on National Records and Archives
Advisory Council on Public Records
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Advisory Group on Military Medicines
Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Animals Procedures Committee
Appeal Officer for Community Interest Companies
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Arts Council England
Atos Healthcare - for Department for Work and Pensions
Benefits office (Department for Work and Pensions)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Board of the Pension Protection Fund
Board of Trade
Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Border Force
Boundary Commission for England
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland
Boundary Commission for Scotland
Boundary Commission for Wales
British Council
British Film Institute (BFI)
British Hallmarking Council
British Library Board
British Museum
British Pharmacopoeia Commission
British Tourist Authority (VisitBritain)
British Transport Police Authority (BTP)
Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England
Cabinet Office
Capital for Enterprise Limited
Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges
Certification Officer for trade unions and employers' associations
Charity Commission
Child Benefit Office, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Child Support Agency (CSA) or Child Maintenance Service
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)
Civil Aviation Authority
Civil Justice Council
Coal Authority
Commission on Human Medicines
Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses
Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses
Committee on Climate Change
Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
Committee on Standards in Public Life
Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom
Community rehabilitation companies
Companies House
Competition and Markets Authority
Competition Service
Construction Industry Training Board
Consumer Council for Water
Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond (Trinity House)
Council for Science and Technology
Court Funds Office
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Crown Estate Office
Crown Prosecution Service (only if you are a victim of crime, under the Victim's Code)
Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
Defence Scientific Advisory Council
DEFRA Science Advisory Council
Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) - now Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Department for Education (DfE)
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU)
Department for International Development (DfID)
Department for International Trade
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Transport (DfT)
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) - now Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department of Health (DfH)
Director of Fair Access to Higher Education
Director of Labour Market Enforcement
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
Disclosure and Barring Service
Drinking Water Inspectorate
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Electoral Commission
Electricity Settlements Company Ltd
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
English Sports Council (Sport England)
English Tourist Board (Visit England, Visit Britain)
Environment Agency
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Ethics Group: National DNA Database
Ethnic Minority Business Forum
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Film Industry Training Board for England and Wales
Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Forestry Commission
Fuel Poverty Advisory Group
G4S Care and Justice Services - for the Ministry of Justice or Home Office
Gambling Commission
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority or Gangmasters Licensing Authority
Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (Ofgem)
Geffrye Museum
General Advisory Committee on Science
Government Actuary's Department
Government Equalities Office
Great Britain-China Centre
Groceries Code Adjudicator
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
Health Education England
Health Research Authority
Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
Her Majesty's Passport Office
Her Majesty's Prison Service
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (TSO)
Her Majesty's Treasury
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Highways Agency or Highways England
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage)
Historic Royal Palaces
Home Office
Homes and Communities Agency
Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust
Horserace Betting Levy Board
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Human Tissue Authority
Immigration Enforcement
Immigration Services Commissioner
Imperial War Museum
Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody
Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
Independent Case Examiner
Independent Commission for Aid Impact
Independent Living Fund (2006)
Independent Medical Expert Group
Independent Monitoring Authority for Citizens’ Rights Agreements
Independent Reconfiguration Panel
Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB
Industrial Development Advisory Board
Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
Information Commissioner (ICO)
Insolvency Service
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
Jobcentre Plus - Department for Work and Pensions
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Land Registry
Law Commission
Leasehold Advisory Service
Legal Aid Agency
Local Better Regulation Office
Local Government Boundary Commission for England
LocatED – Department of Education
Low Carbon Contracts Company Ltd.
Low Pay Commission
Marine Management Organisation
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
Monitor (Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts)
National Advisory Group on Clinical Audit and Enquiries
National Archives
National Army Museum
National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL)
National Crime Agency
National Employer Advisory Board
National Employment Savings Trust Corporation
National Forest Company
National Gallery
National Heritage Memorial Fund
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
National Insurance Contributions and Employer Office, HM Revenue and Customs
National Lottery Commission
National Museum of the Royal Navy
National Museums Liverpool
National Offender Management Service (NOMS)
National Portrait Gallery
National Probation Service
Natural England
Natural Environment Research Council
Natural History Museum
Natural Resources Body for Wales
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Northern Ireland Office (NIO)
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
Nuclear Liabilities Fund
Nuclear Research Advisory Council
Nutrition Forum
Office for Budget Responsibility
Office for Environmental Protection
Office for Nuclear Regulation
Office of Communications (Ofcom)
Office of Public Sector Information
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
Office of Rail and Road or Office of Rail Regulation
Office of the Children's Commissioner
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
Office of the Public Guardian
Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Official Receiver
Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court
Ofgem (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets)
Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation)
Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills)
Ofwat (Water Services Regulation Authority)
Oil and Pipelines Agency
Ordnance Survey
Parades Commission for Northern Ireland
Parole Board
Passengers' Council - now Transport Focus
Pension Service - Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions Ombudsman Service
Pensions Regulator
Planning Inspectorate
Police (only if you are a victim of crime, under the Victim's Code)
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
Public Health England
Public Record Office (National Archives)
Pubs Code Adjudicator
Regional Advisory Committees
Regional Development Agencies
Registrar General for England and Wales
Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
Regulatory Policy Committee
Remploy Ltd
Residuary Bodies
Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
Royal Air Force Museum
Royal Armouries Museum
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Royal Mint
Royal Museums Greenwich
Rural Payments Agency
Science Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Sea Fish Industry Authority
Security Industry Authority
Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Serious Fraud Office (only if you are a victim of crime, under the Victim's Code)
Single Source Regulations Office
Sir John Soane's Museum
Small Business Commissioner
Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
Social Science Research Committee
Social Security Advisory Committee
Sports Grounds Safety Authority
Standards and Testing Agency
Student Loans Company
Supreme Court
Tate Gallery
Tax credits (HM Revenue and Customs)
Tax office (HM Revenue and Customs)
Technology Strategy Board
The National Lottery Community Fund
Theatres Trust
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Transport Focus
Treasure Valuation Committee
Treasury Solicitor
UK Anti-Doping Ltd
UK Commission for Employment and Skills
UK National Authority Advisory Group
UK Research and Innovation
UK Statistics Authority
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
United Kingdom Debt Management Office
United Kingdom Sports Council
United Kingdom Trade and Investment - now Department for International Trade
Unlinked Anonymous Surveys Steering Group
Urban development corporations established for urban development areas wholly in England
Valuation Office Agency
Valuation Tribunal Service
Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)
Veterans UK
Veterinary Products Committee
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Wales Office
Wallace Collection
War pensions committees
Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB)