Public bodies that have been closed as at 22 August 2012

The Government’s Public Bodies Review in 2010 covered over 900 public bodies and was initiated to increase transparency and accountability, to cut out duplication of activity, and to discontinue activities which are simply no longer needed. The public bodies under review included Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB), Public Corporations and Non-Ministerial Departments. The 2010 Review tested whether the bodies’ functions were needed and, if they were, whether each body should continue to operate at arm’s length from Government. This decision was based upon whether they met one or more of three tests: • Does it perform a technical function? • Do its activities require political impartiality? • Does it need to act independently to establish facts? As a result of the review, over 200 bodies are proposed for abolition, over 170 bodies will be merged into fewer than 80 bodies and a further 120 bodies will be retained but substantially reformed. The public bodies landscape will ultimately be reduced by over 300 bodies by the end of the Spending Review period in 2014-15. This list outlines the 106 public bodies that have already been abolished as of 22 August 2012英国政府2010年开展的公共机构审查覆盖了超过900家公共机构，本次审查旨在提升透明度与问责水平、消除活动重复，并终止那些不再必要的业务。本次审查涵盖的公共机构包括非内阁部门公共机构（Non-Departmental Public Bodies, NDPB）、公共法人团体及非部级部门。2010年的审查将验证这些机构的职能是否必要；若确有必要，则需进一步判定各机构是否应继续以独立于政府的方式运作。该判定需基于是否满足以下三项标准中的一项或多项： • 是否承担技术性职能？ • 其活动是否需要政治中立性？ • 是否需要独立开展事实认定工作？ 审查结果显示，逾200家机构拟予废止，逾170家机构将合并为不足80家，另有120家机构将予以保留但进行实质性改革。至2014-2015年度支出审查（Spending Review）周期结束时，公共机构总量将累计减少逾300家。本清单列出了截至2012年8月22日已完成废止的106家公共机构。