Links & Contacts
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UK Central Government Departments
Cabinet Office
020 7276 3000
www.cabinet-office.gov.uk
Department for Constitutional Affairs
020 7210 8614
www.dca.gsi.gov.uk
Department for Education and Skills
020 7925 5000
www.dfes.gov.uk
Department for Trade and Industry
020 7215 5000
www.dti.gov.uk
Department for Work and Pensions
020 7238 0800
www.dwp.gov.uk
Department of Health
020 7210 4850
www.doh.gov.uk
HM Treasury
020 7270 5000
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Home Office
0870 000 1585
www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Northern Ireland Office
020 7210 3000, 028 9052 0700
www.nio.gov.uk
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
020 7944 4400
www.odpm.gov.uk
Prime Minister’s Office
020 7270 3000
www.no-10.gov.uk
Scotland Office
020 7270 6828
www.scottishsecretary.gov.uk
Wales Office
020 7270 0549
www.walesoffice.gov.uk
UK Governmental Bodies and Agencies
(includes independent bodies established by statute)
Chief Inspector of Prisons
0870 267 4298
Commission for Health Improvement
020 7448 9200
www.chi.nhs.uk
Commisison for Racial Equality
020 7939 0000
www.cre.gov.uk
Disability Rights Commission
0845 762 2633
www.drc-gb.org
Employment Tribunals
020 7273 8603
www.employmenttribunals.gov.uk
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
028 9050 0600
www.equalityni.org
Equal Opportunities Commission
0845 601 5901
www.eoc.org.uk
Health and Safety Executive
08701 545500
www.hse.gov.uk
Health Service Ombudsman
0845 015 4033
www.ombudsman.org.uk/hse
Information Commissioner
01625 545700
www.dataprotection.gov.uk
Law Commission
020 7453 1220
www.lawcom.gov.uk
Legal Services Commission
020 7759 0000
www.legalservices.gov.uk
Legal Services Ombudsman
0845 601 0794
www.olso.org
Local Government Ombudsman
0845 602 1983
www.lgo.org.uk
Low Pay Commission
020 7215 5773
www.lowpay.gov.uk
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
020 7067 5800
www.nice.org.uk
Prison Service
020 7217 6000
www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
UK DEVOLVED GOVERNMENT
National Assembly for Wales
029 2082 5111
www.wales.gov.uk
Northern Ireland Assembly
www.ni-assembly.gov.uk
(suspended)
Northern Ireland Executive
www.northernireland.gov.uk
(suspended)
Scottish Executive
0131 556 8400
www.scotland.gov.uk
Scottish Parliament
0131 348 5000
www.scottish.parliament.uk
Professional Bodies
Bar Council
020 7242 0082
www.barcouncil.org.uk
British Medical Association
020 7387 4499
www.bma.org.uk
General Medical Council
020 7915 3720
www.gmc-uk.org
Law Society
020 7242 1222
www.lawsoc.org.uk
Voluntary Sector
Activists Legal Project
01865 243772
www.activistslegalproject.org.uk
Age Concern
020 8765 7200
www.ageconcern.org.uk
Amnesty International
020 7814 6200
www.amnesty.org.uk
Asylum Aid
advice line: 020 7377 5123
www.asylumaid.org.uk
Crisis
0870 011 3335
www.crisis.org.uk
Disability Law Service
020 7791 9800
Ethnic Minority Foundation
020 8432 0307
www.emf-cemvo.co.uk
First Asian Support Trust
0161 740 3399
www.fast-uk.org
Help the Aged
020 7278 1114
www.helptheaged.org.uk
Human Rights Watch
020 7713 1995
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
020 7251 8708
www.jcwi.org.uk
Lesbian and Gay Foundation
0161 235 8035
www.lgf.org.uk
Liberty (National Council for Civil Liberties)
advice line: 0845 123 2307
www.yourrights.org.uk
Mencap
020 7454 0454
www.mencap.org.uk
Mind
020 8519 2122
www.mind.org.uk
NSPCC
020 7825 2500
www.nspcc.org.uk
Prisoners’ Families Helpline
0808 808 2003
www.prisonersfamilieshelplinbe.org.uk
Refugee Council
020 7346 6700
www.refugecouncil.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Blind
020 7388 1266
www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
020 7296 800
www.rnid.org.uk
Scope
020 7619 7100
www.scope.org.uk
Scottish Human Rights Centre
0141 332 5960
www.scottishhumanrightscentre.org.uk
Shelter
020 7505 2000
www.shelter.org.uk
Stonewall
08000 502050 (info line)
www.stonewall.org.uk
United Response
020 8246 5200
www.unitedresponse.org.uk
Victim Support
0845 3030900 (national helpline)
Women’s Aid
0800 800034
www.womensaid.org.uk
Academic
Leeds University Disability Studies Archive
www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archive.uk