Departments of the United Kingdom Government

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Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Ministers and Secretaries of State. These members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in Ministerial Departments.

Contents 1 Types of Government Department 2 List of Departments of the United Kingdom Government 2.1 Ministerial Departments 2.2 Non-Ministerial Departments 3 List of Executive Agencies reporting to each Department of the United Kingdom Government 3.1 Attorney General’s Office 3.2 Cabinet Office 3.3 Communities and Local Government (Department for) 3.4 Constitutional Affairs (Department for) 3.5 Culture, Media and Sport (Department for) 3.6 Defence (Ministry of) 3.7 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for) 3.8 Food Standards Agency 3.9 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 3.10 Forestry Commission 3.11 Health (Department of) 3.12 Home Office 3.13 Northern Ireland Office 3.14 Trade and Industry (Department of) 3.15 Transport (Department for) 3.16 Treasury (HM) 3.17 Work and Pensions (Department for) 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Types of Government Department

• Ministerial Departments are led politically by a Government Minister, and cover matters that require direct political oversight. For most Departments, the Government Minister in question is known as a Secretary of State and is a member of the Cabinet. He or she is generally supported by a team of junior Ministers. The administrative management of the Department is led by a senior civil servant known as a Permanent Secretary.
  • Subordinate to these Ministerial Departments are executive agencies. An Executive Agency has a degree of autonomy to perform an operational function (cf. QUANGOs). They report to one or more specific Government Departments, which will set the funding and strategic policy for the Agency.

• Non-ministerial departments generally cover matters for which direct political oversight is judged unnecessary or inappropriate. They are headed by senior civil servants. Some fulfil a regulatory or inspection function, and their status is therefore intended to protect them from political interference. Some are headed by Permanent Secretaries or Second Permanent Secretaries.

[edit] List of Departments of the United Kingdom Government

[edit] Ministerial Departments

• The Attorney General for England and Wales
• Cabinet Office (CO)
  • Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI, formerly HMSO)
• Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
• Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA)
  • Scotland Office (SO)
  • Wales Office (WO)
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
• Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• Department of Health (DH)
• Department for International Development (DFID)
• Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
• Department for Transport (DfT)
• Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
• Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT)
• Home Office (HO)
• Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers (LSLO)
• Ministry of Defence (MoD)
• Northern Ireland Office (NIO)
• Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

[edit] Non-Ministerial Departments

• Assets Recovery Agency
• The British Council
• Charity Commission for England and Wales
• Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt (CRND) [1]
• Crown Estate
• Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
• Export Credits Guarantee Department ECGD
• Food Standards Agency
• Forestry Commission
• Government Actuary's Department (GAD)
• HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
• Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
• Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
• Office of Gas and Electricity Markets/Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (OFGEM)
• Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
• Postcomm (Postal Services Commission)
• Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) [2]
• Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
• UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) [3]
• Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)
• Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO)

[edit] List of Executive Agencies reporting to each Department of the United Kingdom Government

[edit] Attorney General’s Office

• Treasury Solicitor's Department

[edit] Cabinet Office

• Central Office of Information

[edit] Communities and Local Government (Department for)

• The Fire Service College
• Ordnance Survey
• Planning Inspectorate
• Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

[edit] Constitutional Affairs (Department for)

• HM Courts Service
• HM Land Registry
• National Archives
• Public Guardianship Office
• Tribunals Service

[edit] Culture, Media and Sport (Department for)

• Royal Parks Agency

[edit] Defence (Ministry of)

• Army Base Repair Organisation
• Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency
• British Forces Post Office
• Defence Analytical Services Agency
• Defence Aviation Repair Agency
• Defence Bills Agency
• Defence Communication Services Agency
• Defence Estates
• Defence Medical, Education and Training Agency
• Defence Procurement Agency
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Defence Storage and Distribution Agency
• Defence Transport and Movements Agency
• Defence Vetting Agency
• Disposal Services Agency
• Duke of York's Royal Military School
• Met Office
• Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency
• People, Pay and Pensions Agency
• Royal Navy Supply and Transport Service
• Service Children's Education
• UK Hydrographic Office
• Veterans Agency

[edit] Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for)

• Central Science Laboratory
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Government Decontamination Service
• Marine Fisheries Agency
• Pesticides Safety Directorate
• Rural Payments Agency
• State Veterinary Service
• Veterinary Laboratories Agency
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate

[edit] Food Standards Agency

• Meat Hygiene Service

[edit] Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• FCO Services
• Wilton Park Conference Centre

[edit] Forestry Commission

• Forest Enterprise (England)
• Forest Enterprise (Scotland)
• Forest Research

[edit] Health (Department of)

• Medicines and Healthcare products and Regulatory Agency
• NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency

[edit] Home Office

• Criminal Records Bureau
• Forensic Science Service
• Identity and Passport Service
• HM Prison Service

[edit] Northern Ireland Office

• Compensation Agency
• Forensic Science Agency Northern Ireland
• Northern Ireland Prison Service
• Youth Justice Agency

[edit] Trade and Industry (Department of)

• Companies House
• Insolvency Service
• National Weights and Measures Laboratory
• UK Patent Office
• Small Business Service

[edit] Transport (Department for)

• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Driving Standards Agency
• Government Car and Despatch Agency
• Highways Agency
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
• Vehicle Certification Agency

[edit] Treasury (HM)

• National Savings and Investments
• Office for National Statistics
• OGCBuying.Solutions
• Royal Mint
• UK Debt Management Office
• Valuation Office Agency

[edit] Work and Pensions (Department for)

• Child Support Agency
• Disability and Carers Service
• JobCentre Plus
• The Pension Service
• Rent Service

[edit] See also

• The Health and Safety Commission/Executive (HSC/HSE)
• The Stationery Office
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Better Regulation Commission [4]

• Prime Minister's Office (No. 10)
• Her Majesty's Government (formal)
• British Civil Service
• Executive agency
• Public bodies and task forces of the UK government
• QuANGO
• Politics of the United Kingdom
• UK topics
• Government operations

[edit] External links

• Directgov - widest range of government information and services online
• Business Link - main Government-to-business website, explains regulatory policies of more than 80 departments and agencies
• A list of all government bodies (including Gov. Departments) granted Crown Copyright
• A list of Ministerial ResponsibilitiesPDF (0.97 MiB)