The Commission oversees an accreditation process, alongside the Cabinet Office’s Public Bodies Team. The accreditation provides a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) with access to Civil Service jobs, so that its staff are able to apply for roles that have been advertised as internal vacancies, i.e civil service wide.
In order to accredit an NDPB, the Civil Service Commission will request and review HR policies to ensure they are broadly compliant with the Recruitment Principles.
The list of currently accredited bodies is below. If you do have any queries on any of the organisations or if the organisation you are looking for is not listed, please send an email to info@csc.gov.uk.
For a list of the civil service departments and organisations the Commission regulates, please see our annual report.
| Department | Sponsoring Department |
|---|---|
| Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board | DEFRA |
| Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | BEIS |
| Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | BEIS |
| British Council | FCO |
| Cairngorms National Park Authority | SG |
| Care Quality Commission (CQC) | DH |
| Civil Service Commission | CO |
| Coal Authority | DIT |
| College of Policing | HO |
| Committee on Climate Change (CCC) | DECC |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (CPA UK) | CO |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal (Competition Service) | BEIS |
| Consumer Council for Water | DEFRA |
| Criminal Cases Review Commission | MoJ |
| Disclosure and Barring Service | HO |
| Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | BEIS |
| Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | BEIS |
| Environment Agency | DEFRA |
| Equality and Human Rights Commission | DfE |
| Gangmasters Licensing Authority (Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority) | HO (formerly DEFRA) |
| Great Britain-China Centre | FCO |
| Higher Education Funding Council for Wales | WG |
| Historic Environment Scotland (HES) | SG |
| Homes England | MHCLG |
| House of Commons | CO |
| House of Lords | CO |
| Housing Ombudsman | MHCLG |
| Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority | DH |
| Human Tissue Authority | DH |
| Independent Monitoring Authority | MOJ |
| Independent Office for Police Conduct (formerly known as Independent Police Complaints Commission) | HO |
| Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) | CO |
| Information Commissioner’s Office | DCMS |
| Innovate UK (formely known as Technology and Strategy Board) | BEIS |
| Joint Nature Conservation Committee | DEFRA |
| Judicial Appointments Commission | MoJ |
| Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales | WG |
| Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority | SG |
| Marine Management Organisation | DEFRA |
| Medical Research Council | BEIS |
| National Assembly for Wales | WG |
| Natural England | DEFRA |
| Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | DEFRA |
| Natural History Museum | DCMS |
| Natural Resources Wales | WG |
| Nature Scot | SG |
| NHS Digital | DH |
| NHS Resolution (formerly NHS Litigation Authority) | DH |
| Office for Fair Access | BEIS |
| Office for Students (formerly Higher Education Funding Council for England) | DfE |
| Office of the Children's Commissioner | DfE |
| Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner | HO |
| Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman | |
| Parole Board | MOJ |
| Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) | SG |
| Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | DEFRA |
| Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales | WG |
| Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (Scottish Funding Council) | SG |
| Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) | SG |
| Scottish Social Services Council | SG |
| Security Industry Authority | HO |
| Sports Grounds Safety Authority | DCMS |
| Student Loans Company | DfE |
| The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) | MOJ |
| The Money and Pensions Service | DWP |
| The National Lottery Community Fund (previously the Big Lottery Fund) | DCMS |
| Transport Focus | DfT |
| UK Government Investments (UKGI) | HMT |
| UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | BEIS |
| Valuation Tribunal Service | MHCLG |
| Visit Scotland | SG |
| Westminster Foundation For Democracy | FCO |
| Youth Justice Board | MoJ |
