Pan Government Agreement (PGA)

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IGGI has established the Pan-Government Agreement (PGA) to encourage central government's use of GI in policy, decision making and delivering information services for citizens.

The PGA offers members a portfolio of core GI data and has proved to be a catalyst for GI growth within government since its launch in 2003.

The key aims of the PGA are to:

  1. meet government's requirements for core geographic information;
  2. facilitate data sharing, both within the PGA community and with others, in order to effectively carry out government business; and
  3. deliver value for money.

If you are interested in realising the benefits of PGA in your workplace, and your organisation is not listed below, find out if you are eligible to become a PGA member.

A replacement agreement is currently being procured by Deparment for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) on behalf of all PGA members.

Since the original agreement was established in March 2003 there has been a significant increase in the number of users of geographic information in central government, with numbers approximately doubling from the 50 original members.

Current PGA members

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Advantage West Midlands Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Arts Council of Wales Audit Commission Boundary Commission for Scotland Boundary Commission for Wales British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) British Geological Survey (BGS) British Potato Council British Waterways Cabinet Office Cairngorms National Park Authority Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Charity Commission Church Commissioners Coal Authority (The) Commission for Rural Communities Communities and Local Government Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) Crofters Commission Crown Estate (The) Deer Commission for Scotland (DCS) Defence Estates (DE) Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) Department for Children, Schools and Families Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Department for Transport (DfT) Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Department of Health (DH) East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) East Midlands Regional Assembly East of England Development Agency East of England Regional Assembly Electoral Commission (The) English Heritage English Partnerships Environment Agency (EA) Food Standards Agency (The) Forensic Intelligence Bureau Forestry Commission General Register Office for Scotland Government Offices Regional Coordination Unit (RCU) Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Health Protection Agency Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Higher Education Funding Council for Wales Highlands and Islands Enterprise Highways Agency Historic Scotland Home Office House of Commons Library Housing Corporation (The) Information Centre for Health and Social Care Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Land Registry Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority London Thames Gateway Development Corporation Macaulay Land Use Research Institute Maritime and Coastguard Agency Met Office Ministry of Defence Ministry of Justice National Archives of Scotland (NAS) National Assembly for Wales Parliamentary Service National Audit Office National Housing and Planning Advice Unit National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) Natural England NHS 24 NHS Connecting for Health NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service North East Regional Assembly North West Regional Assembly North West Regional Development Agency Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Office for National Statistics (ONS) Office of Communications (OFCOM) Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
Oil and Pipelines Agency
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) One North East Planning Portal Postwatch Registers of Scotland (ROS) Rent Service (The) Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments Scotland (RCAHMS) Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) Royal Parks (The) Scottish Ambulance Service Scottish Enterprise Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Scottish Government Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Scottish Water Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) South East England Regional Assembly South West Observatory South West Regional Assembly South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) Sport England Sport Scotland Sports Council for Wales The National Library of Wales Training and Development Agency for Schools Transport Scotland Tribunals Service UK Border Agency Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Wales Audit Office Wales Centre for Health (WCfH) Welsh Assembly Government Welsh Health Estates West Midlands Regional Assembly Yorkshire and Humber Assembly Yorkshire Forward