Editing Non-departmental public body (section)

==Contrast with executive agencies, non-ministerial departments and quangos==
NDPB differ from [[Executive agency|executive agencies]] as they are not created to carry out ministerial orders or policy, instead they are more or less self-determining and enjoy greater independence.  They are also not directly part of government like a [[non-ministerial government department]] being at a remove from both ministers and any elected assembly or parliament. Typically an NDPB would be established under [[statute]] and be accountable to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] rather than to [[His Majesty's Government]]. This arrangement allows more financial independence since the government is obliged to provide funding to meet statutory obligations.

NDPBs are sometimes referred to as [[quango]]s. However, this term originally referred to quasi-NGOs  bodies that are, at least ostensibly, [[non-government organisations]], but nonetheless perform governmental functions. The [[backronym]] "quasi-autonomous national government organization" is used in this usage which is normally pejorative.