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Finder

Departments, agencies and public bodies finder

A directory of all the departments, agencies and public bodies within the UK government.

How it works

This finder lists all the departments, agencies and public bodies within the UK government. End-users can use the search component to filter the returned results on the page.

Live example

Departments, agencies and public bodies

How it’s built

These are the underlying technologies that make-up the departments, agencies and public bodies finder front template.

Content schema

organisations_homepage

What is a content schema?
A GOV.UK content schema is a JSON schema that defines the data structure of a piece of content. It determines what content and metadata attributes the page has.

Content type

finder

What is a content type?
Content type describes the types of pages that exist on GOV.UK. It’s stored in the content item (JSON) as document_type. It powers search filters in all finders and changes the content type label users see on GOV.UK pages.

Rendering app

collections

What is a rendering app?
Rendering apps render content to GOV.UK end-users.

Components

The components used within the departments, agencies and public bodies finder frontend template
Component Source Publishing app input field(s)
Layout super navigation header Autogenerated in frontend template
Breadcrumbs Autogenerated in frontend template
Heading Autogenerated in frontend template
Form input is being used as search field Autogenerated in frontend template
Feedback Autogenerated in frontend template
Layout footer Autogenerated in frontend template
Page title Autogenerated in frontend template
Details is displayed if an organization is sponsored by another organization Customized by publisher

Sponsoring organisation
Big number Autogenerated in frontend template
Organisation logo Customized by publisher

Logo formatted name (required), Logo crest (required), and Brand color

How to report an issue

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Help improve this frontend template

To help make sure that this page is useful, relevant and up to date, submit a GitHub issue (opens in a new tab) with your proposed updates.