Central Office of Information
| Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1946 |
| Preceding Department | |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Superseding Department | |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Hercules House, Hercules Road, London SE1 7DU |
| Minister responsible | |
The Central Office of Information (COI) was the UK government's marketing and communications agency. Its chief executive reported to the Minister for the Cabinet Office. It was a non-ministerial department, and became an executive agency and a trading fund subject to the Government Trading Funds Act 1973, recovering its costs from the other departments, executive agencies and publicly funded bodies which used its services.