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non-departmental public body

UK quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation
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Summary

non-departmental public body is a legal form[1]. It draws 1,635 Wikipedia views per month (legal_form category, ranking #23 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • non-departmental public body is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • non-departmental public body's instance of is recorded as legal form[4].
  • non-departmental public body is a type of quango[5].
  • non-departmental public body's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government[6].
  • non-departmental public body's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NDPB'}[7].
  • non-departmental public body's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Govdirectory[8].

Body

Definition and Type

non-departmental public body's instance of is recorded as legal form[4]. It is a type of quango[5].

Why It Matters

non-departmental public body draws 1,635 Wikipedia views per month (legal_form category, ranking #23 of 73).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

British Museum Govdirectory National Portrait Gallery Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Tate Modern United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||it, en, sr, uk, ms */ Cleanup: remove alias=label/mul ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 15w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NDPB'}
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → Govdirectory
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Short name: NDPB"
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