90 annual report 2012 Table 3 Authorities etc. affected1 Table 3: Authorities etc. affected Authority etc. All cases Rejected cases A. Minister area (central authorities) a. Ministry of Employment 233 170 b. Ministry of Business and Growth 23 18 c. Ministry of Finance 16 14 d. Ministry of Defence 14 12 729 564 f. Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building 18 15 g. Ministry of Culture 30 24 h. Ministry of the Environment 91 63 e. Ministry of Justice i. Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs 0 0 j. Ministry of Children and Education 27 17 k. Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education 80 66 l. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries 40 40 m. Ministry for Gender Equality and Ecclesiastical Affairs 12 11 n. Ministry of Health 118 97 o. Ministry of Taxation 158 151 p. Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration 488 320 q. Prime Minister’s Office 15 13 r. Ministry of Transport 68 51 s. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 10 130 104 2,305 1,760 1,253 1,150 103 76 t. Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior Central authorities, total B. Local and regional authorities Local authorities2 Regions3 Special local or regional authority units Local and regional authorities, total 4 3 1,360 1,229