Talk:Departments of the United Kingdom Government

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I'm not sure if the second list should be "Non-ministerial departments". They're often called "Non-departmental bodies". Jon.baldwin 17:42, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Types of government Department

This section has a number of inaccuracies contained therein. For instance, Executive Agencies are NOT NDPBs/QuANGOs, nor are they non-ministerial departments - they are at arm's length from their Parent Department, staffed by civil servants. NDPBs are part of the wider public sector, but these are most definitely not Departments at all - they are sponsored by a parent department within central government and staffed by public (but not Civil) Servants, and there are various types including Advisory and Statutory. Moreover the status of Ministers, Secretaries of State and so on could be much clearer. I could take a stab at amending much of this but I suspect it needs a wholesale revamp. Wisdom of clowns 10:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

According to this article the Highways Agency would be a QuANGO - surely thats not right?

I have tried to correct the page on Government Departments, so I hope that this is a bit clearer now. Guineveretoo 12:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

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