The UK Regulators Network (UKRN) is an association of 14 regulators from the United Kingdom's utility, financial and transport sectors. The network: "fosters close working relationships between member regulators to enhance investment and efficiency for the benefit of consumers in the UK".
Members
The fourteen members of the UKRN are listed below.
* The
Civil Aviation Authority
A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register.
Role
Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles ...
(CAA)
* The
Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, but operates independently of the UK Government, and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry. The FCA regulates financ ...
(FCA)
* The
Financial Reporting Council
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is an independent regulator in the UK and Ireland based in London Wall in the City of London, responsible for regulating auditors, accountants and actuaries, and setting the UK's Corporate Governance and ...
(FRC)
* The
Information Commissioner's Office
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is the independe ...
(ICO)
* The
Legal Services Board
The Legal Services Board is an independent body responsible for overseeing the regulation of lawyers in England and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, created through the Legal Services Act of 2007 ...
(LSB)
* The
Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
The electricity sectors of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are integrated and supply 2.5 million customers from a combination of coal, peat, natural gas, wind and hydropower. In 2018 natural gas produced 51.8%, while wind turbines gene ...
(UR)
* The
Office of Gas & Electricity Markets
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(OfGEM)
* The Office of Communications (
Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
)
* The
Office of Rail & Road
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the economic and safety regulation of Britain's railways, and the economic monitoring of National Highways.
ORR regulates Network Rail by setting its ...
(ORR)
* The
Payment Systems Regulator (PSR)
*
The Pensions Regulator
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is a non-departmental public body which regulates work-based pension schemes in the United Kingdom. Created under the Pensions Act 2004, the regulator replaced the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) fr ...
(TPR)
* The
Regulator of Social Housing (RSH)
* The
Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO)
* The Water Services Regulation Authority (
Ofwat
The Water Services Regulation Authority, or Ofwat, is the body responsible for economic regulation of the privatised water and sewerage industry in England and Wales. Ofwat's main statutory duties include protecting the interests of consumers, secu ...
)
Personnel
The Chief Executive of the UKRN (February 2021) is
Jonathan Brearley
Jonathan Brearley (23 July 1973) is the chief executive officer of Great Britain energy regulator Office of Gas and Electricity Markets.
Early life
Brearley grew up in Wiltshire. His father served in the Royal Navy and later became a chartered ...
.
References
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External links
UKRN website
Regulators of the United Kingdom