List of regulators in the United Kingdom
The following is a list of regulators in the UK. Regulators exercise regulatory or supervisory authority over a variety of endeavours.
In addition, local authorities in the UK provide regulatory functions in a number of areas. Professional associations also act to regulate their memberships. The UK is also bound by a number of European and other trans-national regulators, not listed here.
Charities
- Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
- Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Education
- The General Teaching Councils for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Ofqual – Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
- Ofsted – Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills in England
- Estyn - The education and training inspectorate for Wales[1]
- Office for Students (OfS)
Environment
- Environment Agency (EA)
- Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
- Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
Business and finance
- Bank of England
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- The Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS)[2]
- Financial Reporting Council, expected to be replaced by the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority in 2023
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies (ORCIC)
- Payment Systems Regulator (PSR)
- Pensions Regulator
- Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
Health
- Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
- General Chiropractic Council (GCC)
- General Dental Council (GDC)
- General Medical Council (GMC)
- General Optical Council (GOC)
- General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)
- General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) – fifteen professions with designated titles[3]
- Health and Safety Executive
- Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW)
- Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
- Human Tissue Authority (HTA)
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
- NHS Improvement (NHSI)
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
- Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Housing
Law
- Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board
- Bar Standards Board
- CILEx Regulation
- Faculty of Advocates
- Law Society of Northern Ireland
- Law Society of Scotland
- Master of the Faculties
- Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- Costs Lawyer Standards Board[4]
- Council for Licensed Conveyancers
Social care
- Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Scottish Care Inspectorate
- Care Council for Wales (CCW)
- Social Work England[5]
- Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
- Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
Transport
- Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
- Office of Rail and Road (ORR)
Utilities
- Ofcom – independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries
- Phone-paid Services Authority – regulator for phone-paid services in the UK, part of Ofcom, replaces ICSTIS, PhonepayPlus
- Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
- Ofgem – the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets
- Ofwat – the Water Services Regulation Authority
- The Utility Regulator – regulating electricity, gas, water and sewerage industries in Northern Ireland[6]
- Water Industry Commission for Scotland
Others
- Accreditation Service
- Advertising Standards Authority
- British Board of Film Classification
- Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity
- Competition and Markets Authority
- Council for Registered Gas Installers
- Direct Marketing Authority
- Engineering Council – the regulatory body for the engineering profession
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Food Standards Agency
- Forensic Science Regulator
- Fundraising Regulator
- Gambling Commission
- Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
- HM Revenue and Customs
- IMPRESS
- Independent Press Standards Organisation
- Information Commissioner's Office
- North Sea Transition Authority
- Planning Inspectorate
- Independent Office for Police Conduct
- Security Industry Authority
See also
References
- ^ https://www.estyn.gov.wales/about-us
- ^ "OPBAS, the UK's new anti-money laundering supervisor, becomes operational". Allen Overy. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Who we regulate". HCPC. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Costs Lawyer Standards Board". Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "The regulation of social workers in England has transferred to Social Work England". Health & Care Professions Council. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Utility Regulator, Regulating the electricity, gas and water industries in Northern Ireland, accessed 30 May 2020
