British_government_departments
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 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.
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.
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
- Part of the Cabinet Office.
- "How government works". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC". GOV.UK.
- "Office of the Advocate General for Scotland". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- "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.
- "Office of the Leader of the House of Lords". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- "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.
- "How government works". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.