BIS Structure and Budgets

BIS ref: 10/0357

Dear Mr Jones,

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 19
February. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at
the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to deal with.

Best wishes,
Kay

Kay Wilson | Freedom of Information Advisor | Information Rights Unit |
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills | Bay 351, 66-74 Victoria
Street, London, SW1E 6SW | www.bis.gov.uk
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is building a
dynamic and competitive UK economy by creating the conditions for
business success; promoting innovation, enterprise and science; and
giving everyone the skills and opportunities to succeed. To achieve this
we will foster world-class universities and promote an open global
economy. BIS - Investing in our future

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Ref No: 10/0357

Wednesday, 3 March 2010

Dear Mr Jones,

Thank you for your email of 19 February where you requested information
about the department's NDPBs, budgets and the BERR and DIUS merger.

I can confirm that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
(BIS) holds this information. Some of the information is exempt under
Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), because the
information is accessible to you, as it is already in the public domain.

A list of BIS partners is available on the BIS website, at:
[1]http://www.bis.gov.uk/partners# You wished to know how many members of
staff were employed at each organisation. This information is not held by
the department. The individual bodies would be best placed to give you
this information. Contact details for all of the NDPBs are available on
their individual websites.

The annual budget for each NDPB is already available to you on the BIS
website, here:
[2]http://www.berr.gov.uk/aboutus/corporate...

The annual budget for 2009 - 2010 is not yet available, but is due to be
published on the website in due course. The information is therefore
exempt under section 22 of the FOIA. Section 22 on the Act is quantified
and requires a public interest test to be carried out. The Department is
not able to supply the requested information at this time as releasing
only some information without the benefit of full analysis has the
potential to be misleading or confusing to the public. Additionally, as
any such draft of the annual budget would be incomplete, the
administrative burden of managing and responding to the release of this
information would be considerable. When considering whether releasing
this information is in the public interest we have balanced the above
points against the benefits of releasing this information to the public
and have concluded that it is not in the public interest to do so.

Regarding your final question, all staff became BIS staff on the day the
new Department was created (5 June 2009) and all have BIS email
addresses. There are no functions remaining under the BERR or DIUS names.
The policy work of each former Department continues in the new Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills.

We have created a new BIS website (www.bis.gov.uk) and we are still
maintaining the former BERR and former DIUS websites (www.berr.gov.uk and
www.dius.gov.uk). These sites contain information about the policy areas
of the former Departments. Both of these sites are branded as BIS sites;
the BERR and DIUS identities are no longer used.

We plan to merge these sites into one overall BIS website in March 2010.
This page on our website explains where BIS information is held on the
three current sites:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/administration/he...

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to me.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF

Yours sincerely,

Kay Wilson

Kay Wilson | Freedom of Information Advisor | Information Rights Unit |
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills | Bay 351, 66-74 Victoria
Street, London, SW1E 6SW | [3]www.bis.gov.uk

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is building a
dynamic and competitive UK economy by creating the conditions for business
success; promoting innovation, enterprise and science; and giving everyone
the skills and opportunities to succeed. To achieve this we will foster
world-class universities and promote an open global economy. BIS -
Investing in our future

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Ref No: 10/0432

Friday, 5 March 2010

Dear Mr Jones,

Thank you for your email of 3 March where you requested more detailed
information about Non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). The information
you requested is below.

Name of body Type of body
Central Arbitration Committee Tribunal NDPB
Copyright Tribunal Tribunal NDPB
Insolvency Practitioners' Tribunal Tribunal NDPB
Competition Appeal Tribunal Tribunal NDPB

Community Interest Companies Regulator

OFCOM Public corporation
London Development Agency Other partner
Ufi/learndirect Other partner
Learning and Skills Improvement Service Other partner
UK Skills amd WorldSkills Other partner
British Standards Institution Other partner
Financial Reporting Council Other partner
Information Authority Other partner
UK Accreditation Service Other partner

Postcomm Non-Ministerial
Dept
Office of Fair Trading Non-Ministerial
Dept

Learning and Skills Council Executive NDPB
Higher Education Funding Council for England Executive NDPB
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council Executive NDPB
Science & Technology Facilities Council Executive NDPB
Medical Research Council Executive NDPB
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Executive NDPB
Council
North West RDA Executive NDPB
Advantage West Midlands (RDA) Executive NDPB
Yorkshire Forward (RDA) Executive NDPB
Natural Environment Research Council Executive NDPB
Technology Strategy Board Executive NDPB
One North East (RDA) Executive NDPB
South West of England RDA Executive NDPB
East Midlands RDA Executive NDPB
South East England RDA Executive NDPB
Economic and Social Research Council Executive NDPB
East of England RDA Executive NDPB
Arts and Humanities Research Council Executive NDPB
UK CES Executive NDPB
Student Loans Company Executive NDPB
Advisory Conciliation & Arbitration Service (ACAS) Executive NDPB
Consumer Focus Executive NDPB
Competition Commission Executive NDPB
UK Atomic Energy Authority Executive NDPB
Design Council Executive NDPB
Investors in People UK Executive NDPB
Competition Service Executive NDPB
Local Better Regulation Office Executive NDPB
Capital for Enterprise Ltd Executive NDPB
Office for Fair Access Executive NDPB
British Hallmarking Council Executive NDPB
Construction Industry Training Board Executive NDPB
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board Executive NDPB
Film Industry Training Board for England & Wales Executive NDPB
Hearing Aid Council Executive NDPB
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Executive NDPB
Arts (NESTA)
Simpler Trade Procedures Board (SITPRO) Executive NDPB

National Measurement Office Executive Agency
Insolvency Service Executive Agency
Companies House Executive Agency
Intellectual Property Office Executive Agency

Council for Science and Technology Advisory NDPB
Industrial Development Advisory Board Advisory NDPB
Low Pay Commission Advisory NDPB
Regional Industrial Development Boards Advisory NDPB
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Advisory NDPB
Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board Advisory NDPB
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Advisory NDPB
Board

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to me.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF

Yours sincerely,

Kay Wilson

Kay Wilson | Freedom of Information Advisor | Information Rights Unit |
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills | Bay 351, 66-74 Victoria
Street, London, SW1E 6SW | [1]www.bis.gov.uk

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is building a
dynamic and competitive UK economy by creating the conditions for business
success; promoting innovation, enterprise and science; and giving everyone
the skills and opportunities to succeed. To achieve this we will foster
world-class universities and promote an open global economy. BIS -
Investing in our future

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