BIS NESTA (National No Longer an NDPB - Seek to No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2012 Endowment for Science, establish as an independent Technology and the Arts) charity. Endowment to be held in a separate trust BIS Office for Fair Access Retain - on grounds of Retain No change to proposals performing a function which requires impartiality BIS Office of Fair Trading Merge - Government has Merge Completed as at September 2013 consulted on a merger of OFT's competition functions with the Competition Commission and on transfer of consumer and enforcement and information/education functions BIS Office of Manpower Retain - Retain on grounds of Retain No change to proposals Economics performing a function which requires impartiality Department Public Body Original Proposals Programme Proposals Updates and Comments (as at 1 (As at 14th December 2011) (As at 10 November December 2015) 2014) BIS Ordnance Survey Retain - On grounds of Retain The Ordnance Survey was transferred performing a technical function from DCLG to BIS in July 2011 as a Machinery of Government transfer BIS Postcomm Merge Merge Completed as at October 2011
BIS NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) No Longer an NDPB - Seek to establish as an independent charity. Endowment to be held in a separate trust No Longer an NDPB Completed as at April 2012 BIS Office for Fair Access Retain - on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals BIS Office of Fair Trading Merge - Government has consulted on a merger of OFT's competition functions with the Competition Commission and on transfer of consumer and enforcement and information/education functions Merge Completed as at September 2013 BIS Office of Manpower Economics Retain - Retain on grounds of performing a function which requires impartiality Retain No change to proposals Department Public Body Original Proposals (As at 14th December 2011) Programme Proposals (As at 10 November 2014) Updates and Comments (as at 1 December 2015) BIS Ordnance Survey Retain - On grounds of performing a technical function Retain The Ordnance Survey was transferred from DCLG to BIS in July 2011 as a Machinery of Government transfer BIS Postcomm Merge Merge Completed as at October 2011
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