UK: The official yearbook of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland > 2003

Index
National Probation Service 193, 198
National Qualifications 108, 109, 111
National Radiological Protection
Board 286
National Railway Museum 221
National Register of Archives 224
National Savings and Investments
244,457, 479
National Scenic Areas 270
National School Fruit Scheme 161
National Science Week 382, 383
National Secular Society 206
National Sports Centres 258, 260, 261
National Sports Medicine Institute
262
National Statistics 56
see also Office for National Statistics
National Trails 271
National Trust 221, 270, 272
National Trust for Scotland 270, 273
National Vocational Qualifications
111, 114
National Weights and Measures
Laboratory 377, 478
NATO see North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation
Natural disasters 72-3
Natural Environment Research
Council 380-1, 387
Natural History Museum 216, 384
Natural resources 433-50
Navy see Royal Navy
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit 98, 307
Neighbourhood Statistics 98
Netball 254, 261
Network Rail 317
New Deals 114, 129-30, 131, 154
New Opportunities Fund 116, 176,
223,257, 445
New Technology Institutes 115-16
Newcastle upon Tyne 10, 321, 421
Newham 53
Newport 26, 261, 307, 308, 324
Newry 13
News agencies 239
Newspapers, national and regional
238-9
NHS see National Health Service
‘NHS 24’ 162, 166-7
NHS Boards 166
NHS Direct 161-2, 164
NHS Estates 482
NHS Foundation Trusts 178
NHS Pensions Agency 482
NHS Plus 163
NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency
482
NHS Trusts 164, 165, 166
NHS Walk-in Centres 164
NHSnet 162-3
NHSScotland 166
Nice Treaty 59-60
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 289
Nobel Prizes 372
Noise pollution 267, 285—6
Non-departmental public bodies 49,
378
North America 65-6
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
61, 62, 63, 73, 74, 78, 79-80, 81, 83,
387
North East England 7, 12, 125
North Sea see Gas industry; Oil
industry
North/South Implementation Bodies
17
North/South Ministerial Council 17,
167
North Tyneside 53
North West England 7
Northern Ireland 1-6, 13-19, 80;
map 14
Northern Ireland, Secretary of State
for 14, 477
Northern Ireland Assembly/Executive
14-15, 16, 31, 33, 43, 49, 51, 55, 96,
111, 118, 120, 128, 139,226, 266,
267, 268, 285, 292, 302, 309, 326,
340, 349, 379, 397, 398, 400, 401,
407,470, 483-5
Northern Ireland Business Education
Partnership 110
Northern Ireland Child Support
Agency 485
Northern Ireland Civil Service 49, 50
Northern Ireland Committee of the
Irish Congress of Trade Unions 136
Northern Ireland Co-ownership
Housing Association 296
Northern Ireland Council for
Curriculum, Examinations and
Assessment 109
Northern Ireland Electricity 443
Northern Ireland Film Commission
227
Northern Ireland Forest Service 484
Northern Ireland Grand Committee
14
Northern Ireland Health and Safety
Executive 137
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
292, 296, 298, 299, 300
Northern Ireland Human Rights
Commission 18
Northern Ireland Network for
Education 116
Northern Ireland Office 14, 204, 477
Northern Ireland Police Service
see Police Service of Northern
Ireland
Northern Ireland Prison Service 203,
477
Northern Ireland Railways 319
Northern Ireland Rural Development
Programme 309
Northern Ireland Social Security
Agency 485
Northern Ireland Sports Forum 259
Northern Ireland Statistics and
Research Agency 485
Northern Ireland Tourist Board 340,
484
Northern Ireland Transport Holding
Company 315, 319
Norwich 10, 261
Nottingham 10, 320, 472
Nuclear power 440-1
Nuclear waste 286-7
Nuclear weapons 65, 74, 82
Numeracy 114
Nurses 170-1
Nursing homes see Residential care
homes
NVQ see National Vocational
Qualification
O
Obituaries 490-4
OCCAR 83
Occupational pensions 145
Occupational Pensions Regulatory
Authority 146
Occupations see Employment
OFEX 462
Office for National Statistics 483
Office for Standards in Education
(OFSTED) 48-9, 104, 120, 149, 482
Office of:
the Accountant in Bankruptcy 486
Communications 236, 242
the e-Envoy 338
Fair Trading 236, 241, 341, 455, 475,
479
Gas and Electricity Markets
(Ofgem) 342, 439, 443, 482
Government Commerce 349
Law Reform 485
Manpower Economics 478
Science and Technology 179, 373,
374,375,383,385,441,478
Telecommunications 236, 241, 242,
342,482
the Pension Advisory Service 146
the Rail Regulator 318, 342, 482
Water Services 342, 447, 483
Oil industry 24, 435-9
Older people 124, 144-7
Oldham 94
Olympic Games 256, 259, 261
OM London 462
Ombudsmen 55, 146, 178, 198, 463,
464
Open Skies Treaty 75
Open University 112-13, 231
Open-ended investment companies
459, 460
Opera 220, 226
Opposition, official 45, 47
Optical equipment 415-16
Opticians 171
Orchestras 219
Orders in Council 44
Ordnance Survey 483, 484
Organ transplants 175
Organic farming 399
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development 63,
105,328, 387
Organisation for Security and
Co-operation in Europe 63, 70, 73,
74
509