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Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom

January 01, 1970

The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments. These, according to the government, are responsible for putting government policy into practice.[1] There are currently 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments.[2]

Ministerial departments edit

Ministerial departments are generally the most high-profile government departments and differ from the other two types of government departments in that they include ministers. A list of all ministerial departments is shown below.

Ministerial department Minister responsible Civil servant responsible Ref.
Attorney General's Office The Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP
Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland 		Douglas Wilson OBE
Director-General 		[3][4]
Cabinet Office The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office 		Sir Alex Chisholm KCB
Permanent Secretary 		[5]
Department for Business and Trade The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP
Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade 		Gareth Davies CB
Permanent Secretary 		[6][7]
Department for Culture, Media and Sport The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 		Susannah Storey
Permanent Secretary 		[8][9]
Department for Education The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP
Secretary of State for Education 		Susan Acland-Hood
Permanent Secretary 		[10][11]
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero The Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero 		Jeremy Pockington CB
Permanent Secretary
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 		Tamara Finkelstein CB
Permanent Secretary 		[12][13]
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations 		Sarah Healey CB CVO
Permanent Secretary 		[14][15]
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology 		Sarah Munby
Permanent Secretary
Department for Transport The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP
Secretary of State for Transport 		Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB
Permanent Secretary 		[16][17]
Department for Work and Pensions The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 		Peter Schofield CB
Permanent Secretary 		[18][19]
Department of Health and Social Care The Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 		Sir Chris Wormald KCB
Permanent Secretary 		[20][21]
Export Credits Guarantee Department
(trading as UK Export Finance) 		The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP
Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade 		Tim Reid
Chief Executive 		[22][23]
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office The Rt Hon The Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton PC
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs 		Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE
Permanent Secretary 		[24][25]
HM Treasury The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury 		James Bowler CB
Permanent Secretary 		[26][27]
Home Office The Rt Hon James Cleverly TD VR MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department 		Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE
Permanent Secretary 		[28][29]
Ministry of Defence The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
Secretary of State for Defence 		David Williams CB
Permanent Secretary 		[30][31]
Ministry of Justice The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP
Secretary of State for Justice and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain[32][33] 		Antonia Romeo
Permanent Secretary & Clerk of the Crown in Chancery 		[34]
Northern Ireland Office The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 		Julie Harrison
Permanent Secretary 		[35]
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland The Rt Hon The Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC [36][37][38]
Advocate General for Scotland 		Neil Taylor
Director & Solicitor to the Advocate General[39] 		[40]
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons[n 1] The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP[41][42]
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council 		N/A [43]
Office of the Leader of the House of Lords[n 1] The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE[41][44]
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal 		N/A [45]
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland The Rt Hon Alister Jack DL MP[36][46]
Secretary of State for Scotland 		Lyn McDonald
Temporary Director 		[47]
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales The Rt Hon David TC Davies
Secretary of State for Wales 		Glynne Jones CBE
Director[48] 		[49]

Non-ministerial departments edit

Non-ministerial departments are headed by civil servants and usually have a regulatory or inspection function.[50] A list of all non-ministerial departments is shown below.

Agencies and other public bodies edit

Government departments in this third and final category can generally be split into five types:[50]

  • Executive agencies, which usually provide government services rather than decide policy
  • Executive non-departmental public bodies, which do work for the government in specific areas
  • Advisory non-departmental public bodies, which provide independent and expert advice to ministers
  • Tribunal non-departmental public bodies, which are part of the justice system and have jurisdiction over a specific area of the law
  • Independent monitoring boards, which are responsible for the running of prisons and the treatment of prisoners

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Part of the Cabinet Office.

References edit

  1. ^ "How government works". gov.uk. from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Departments, agencies and public bodies". gov.uk. from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Attorney General". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Attorney General's Office". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ "The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP". GOV.UK.
  6. ^ "Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy". gov.uk. from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Sarah Munby". gov.uk. from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport". GOV.UK. from the original on 5 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Sarah Healey". gov.uk. from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Secretary of State for Education". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Susan Acland-Hood". gov.uk. from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Tamara Finkelstein". gov.uk. from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government". gov.uk. from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Jeremy Pocklington". gov.uk. from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Secretary of State for Transport". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Bernadette Kelly CB". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Secretary of State for Work and Pensions". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Peter Schofield". gov.uk. from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Secretary of State for Health and Social Care". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Sir Chris Wormald KCB". gov.uk. from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  22. ^ "Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade". gov.uk. from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  23. ^ "UK Export Finance". gov.uk. from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  24. ^ "Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs". gov.uk. from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  25. ^ "Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE". gov.uk. from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  26. ^ "Chancellor of the Exchequer". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Tom Scholar". gov.uk. from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  28. ^ "Secretary of State for the Home Department". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  29. ^ "Matthew Rycroft CBE". gov.uk. from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Secretary of State for Defence". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  31. ^ "David Williams". gov.uk. from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  32. ^ "Responsibilities: Oversight of all portfolios and Ministry of Justice strategy" [1]
  33. ^ "The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP". GOV.UK.
  34. ^ "Antonia Romeo". gov.uk. from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  35. ^ "Permanent Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office". Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  36. ^ a b "The Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General for Scotland report to the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Advocate General for Scotland respectively." [2]
  37. ^ "HM Advocate General for Scotland - GOV.UK". gov.uk.
  38. ^ "Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC". GOV.UK.
  39. ^ "The Director of OAG is responsible for overseeing all legal services provided by OAG to the UK government, and for overseeing delivery of OAG's objectives as set out in its Business Plan." [3]
  40. ^ "Office of the Advocate General for Scotland". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  41. ^ a b "List of Ministerial Responsibilities Including Executive Agencies and Non-Ministerial Departments" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. July 2023.
  42. ^ "About us". Office of the Leader of the House of Commons. gov.uk.
  43. ^ "Office of the Leader of the House of Commons". gov.uk. from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  44. ^ "About us".
  45. ^ "Office of the Leader of the House of Lords". gov.uk. from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  46. ^ "Secretary of State for Scotland - GOV.UK". gov.uk.
  47. ^ "Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland". gov.uk. from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  48. ^ "Glynne Jones CBE". GOV.UK.
  49. ^ "Office of the Secretary of State for Wales". gov.uk. from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  50. ^ a b "How government works". gov.uk. from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

External links edit

  • How government works - GOV.UK
  • Departments, agencies and public bodies - GOV.UK

January 01, 1970
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The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments These according to the government are responsible for putting government policy into practice 1 There are currently 24 ministerial departments 20 non ministerial departments and 422 agencies and other public bodies for a total of 465 departments 2 Contents 1 Ministerial departments 2 Non ministerial departments 3 Agencies and other public bodies 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksMinisterial departments editMinisterial departments are generally the most high profile government departments and differ from the other two types of government departments in that they include ministers A list of all ministerial departments is shown below Ministerial department Minister responsible Civil servant responsible Ref Attorney General s Office The Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MPAttorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland Douglas Wilson OBEDirector General 3 4 Cabinet Office The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MPSecretary of State in the Cabinet Office Sir Alex Chisholm KCBPermanent Secretary 5 Department for Business and Trade The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MPSecretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade Gareth Davies CBPermanent Secretary 6 7 Department for Culture Media and Sport The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MPSecretary of State for Culture Media and Sport Susannah StoreyPermanent Secretary 8 9 Department for Education The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MPSecretary of State for Education Susan Acland HoodPermanent Secretary 10 11 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero The Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MPSecretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Jeremy Pockington CBPermanent Secretary Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MPSecretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Tamara Finkelstein CBPermanent Secretary 12 13 Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities The Rt Hon Michael Gove MPSecretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Sarah Healey CB CVOPermanent Secretary 14 15 Department for Science Innovation and Technology The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MPSecretary of State for Science Innovation and Technology Sarah MunbyPermanent Secretary Department for Transport The Rt Hon Mark Harper MPSecretary of State for Transport Dame Bernadette Kelly DCBPermanent Secretary 16 17 Department for Work and Pensions The Rt Hon Mel Stride MPSecretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Schofield CBPermanent Secretary 18 19 Department of Health and Social Care The Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sir Chris Wormald KCBPermanent Secretary 20 21 Export Credits Guarantee Department trading as UK Export Finance The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MPSecretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade Tim ReidChief Executive 22 23 Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office The Rt Hon The Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton PCSecretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBEPermanent Secretary 24 25 HM Treasury The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MPChancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury James Bowler CBPermanent Secretary 26 27 Home Office The Rt Hon James Cleverly TD VR MPSecretary of State for the Home Department Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBEPermanent Secretary 28 29 Ministry of Defence The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MPSecretary of State for Defence David Williams CBPermanent Secretary 30 31 Ministry of Justice The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MPSecretary of State for Justice and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 32 33 Antonia RomeoPermanent Secretary amp Clerk of the Crown in Chancery 34 Northern Ireland Office The Rt Hon Chris Heaton Harris MPSecretary of State for Northern Ireland Julie HarrisonPermanent Secretary 35 Office of the Advocate General for Scotland The Rt Hon The Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC 36 37 38 Advocate General for Scotland Neil TaylorDirector amp Solicitor to the Advocate General 39 40 Office of the Leader of the House of Commons n 1 The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP 41 42 Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council N A 43 Office of the Leader of the House of Lords n 1 The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE 41 44 Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal N A 45 Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland The Rt Hon Alister Jack DL MP 36 46 Secretary of State for Scotland Lyn McDonaldTemporary Director 47 Office of the Secretary of State for Wales The Rt Hon David TC DaviesSecretary of State for Wales Glynne Jones CBEDirector 48 49 Non ministerial departments editNon ministerial departments are headed by civil servants and usually have a regulatory or inspection function 50 A list of all non ministerial departments is shown below Non ministerial department Ref Charity Commission for England and Wales 2 Competition and Markets Authority 2 Crown Prosecution Service 2 Food Standards Agency 2 Forestry Commission 2 Government Actuary s Department 2 Government Legal Department 2 HM Land Registry 2 HM Revenue amp Customs 2 National Savings and Investments 2 The National Archives 2 National Crime Agency 2 Office of Rail and Road 2 Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 2 Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation 2 Office for Standards in Education Children s Services and Skills 2 Serious Fraud Office 2 Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 2 UK Statistics Authority 2 Water Services Regulation Authority 2 Agencies and other public bodies editGovernment departments in this third and final category can generally be split into five types 50 Executive agencies which usually provide government services rather than decide policy Executive non departmental public bodies which do work for the government in specific areas Advisory non departmental public bodies which provide independent and expert advice to ministers Tribunal non departmental public bodies which are part of the justice system and have jurisdiction over a specific area of the law Independent monitoring boards which are responsible for the running of prisons and the treatment of prisonersSee also editOffice of the Prime Minister Politics of the United Kingdom Civil ServiceNotes edit a b Part of the Cabinet Office References edit How government works gov uk Archived from the original on 16 January 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Departments agencies and public bodies gov uk Archived from the original on 8 January 2023 Retrieved 8 January 2023 Attorney General gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Attorney General s Office gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP GOV UK Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy gov uk Archived from the original on 10 November 2016 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Sarah Munby gov uk Archived from the original on 23 July 2019 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Digital Culture Media and Sport GOV UK Archived from the original on 5 April 2019 Sarah Healey gov uk Archived from the original on 13 April 2015 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Education gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Susan Acland Hood gov uk Archived from the original on 22 February 2016 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Tamara Finkelstein gov uk Archived from the original on 19 March 2015 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government gov uk Archived from the original on 23 March 2019 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Jeremy Pocklington gov uk Archived from the original on 26 September 2015 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Transport gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Bernadette Kelly CB GOV UK Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Work and Pensions gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Peter Schofield gov uk Archived from the original on 18 January 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2019 Retrieved 26 June 2021 Sir Chris Wormald KCB gov uk Archived from the original on 14 September 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade gov uk Archived from the original on 23 July 2016 Retrieved 16 June 2021 UK Export Finance gov uk Archived from the original on 20 May 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs gov uk Archived from the original on 2 September 2020 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE gov uk Archived from the original on 24 December 2015 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Chancellor of the Exchequer gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Tom Scholar gov uk Archived from the original on 19 August 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for the Home Department gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Matthew Rycroft CBE gov uk Archived from the original on 18 January 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Defence gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 David Williams gov uk Archived from the original on 18 January 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Responsibilities Oversight of all portfolios and Ministry of Justice strategy 1 The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP GOV UK Antonia Romeo gov uk Archived from the original on 20 May 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Permanent Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office Retrieved 18 November 2023 a b The Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General for Scotland report to the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Advocate General for Scotland respectively 2 HM Advocate General for Scotland GOV UK gov uk Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC GOV UK The Director of OAG is responsible for overseeing all legal services provided by OAG to the UK government and for overseeing delivery of OAG s objectives as set out in its Business Plan 3 Office of the Advocate General for Scotland gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 a b List of Ministerial Responsibilities Including Executive Agencies and Non Ministerial Departments PDF assets publishing service gov uk July 2023 About us Office of the Leader of the House of Commons gov uk Office of the Leader of the House of Commons gov uk Archived from the original on 18 January 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 About us Office of the Leader of the House of Lords gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Secretary of State for Scotland GOV UK gov uk Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland gov uk Archived from the original on 21 January 2018 Retrieved 16 June 2021 Glynne Jones CBE GOV UK Office of the Secretary of State for Wales gov uk Archived from the original on 22 January 2017 Retrieved 16 June 2021 a b How government works gov uk Archived from the original on 16 January 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2021 External links editHow government works GOV UK Departments agencies and public bodies GOV UK Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom amp oldid 1207182443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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