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The Department of Trade and Industry was a United Kingdom government department
Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Minister s and Secretary of State . These members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in Ministerial Departments....
 which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is a Departments of the United Kingdom Government. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry ....
 and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills is a Departments of the United Kingdom Government created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the disbanded departments of Department for Education and Skills and Department of Trade and Industry....
 on 28 June 2007.

The department was first formed in 1970 with the merger of the Board of Trade
Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a committee of the Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions....
 and the Ministry of Technology
Minister of Technology

The Minister of Technology was a position in the government of the United Kingdom, sometimes abbreviated as "MinTech". The Ministry of Technology was established by the incoming government of Harold Wilson in October 1964 as part of Wilson's ambition to modernise the state for what he perceived to be the needs of the 1960s....
, creating a new cabinet post of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade....
. The new department also took over the Department of Employment
Department for Work and Pensions

The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government Ministry in the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001, from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security....
's former responsibilities for monopolies and mergers. In January 1974, the department's responsibilities for energy production were transferred to a newly created UK Department of Energy.






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The Department of Trade and Industry was a United Kingdom government department
Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Minister s and Secretary of State . These members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in Ministerial Departments....
 which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is a Departments of the United Kingdom Government. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry ....
 and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills is a Departments of the United Kingdom Government created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the disbanded departments of Department for Education and Skills and Department of Trade and Industry....
 on 28 June 2007.

The department was first formed in 1970 with the merger of the Board of Trade
Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a committee of the Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions....
 and the Ministry of Technology
Minister of Technology

The Minister of Technology was a position in the government of the United Kingdom, sometimes abbreviated as "MinTech". The Ministry of Technology was established by the incoming government of Harold Wilson in October 1964 as part of Wilson's ambition to modernise the state for what he perceived to be the needs of the 1960s....
, creating a new cabinet post of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade....
. The new department also took over the Department of Employment
Department for Work and Pensions

The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government Ministry in the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001, from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security....
's former responsibilities for monopolies and mergers. In January 1974, the department's responsibilities for energy production were transferred to a newly created UK Department of Energy. On 5th March that year, following a Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 victory in the February 1974 general election, the department was split into Department of Trade, Department of Industry and the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection
Department of Prices and Consumer Protection

The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was a short-lived United Kingdom government department created by the incoming Labour Party government in 1974 when the functions of the Department of Trade and Industry were divided between three new departments; ....
.

In 1983 the departments of Trade and Industry were reunited. The Department of Energy was re-merged back into the DTI in 1992, but various media-related functions transferred to the Department for National Heritage. Until it was disbanded in June 2007 the DTI continued to set the energy policy of the United Kingdom
Energy policy of the United Kingdom

The current Energy Policy of the United Kingdom is set out in the Energy White Paper of May 2007, building on previous work including the 2003 Energy White Paper and the Energy Review Report in 2006....
.

After the 2005 general election the DTI was renamed to the Department for Productivity, Energy and Industry, but the name reverted to Department of Trade and Industry less than a week later, after widespread derision, including some from the Confederation of British Industry
Confederation of British Industry

The Confederation of British Industry is a Non-profit organization incorporated by Royal charter which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies....
.

The DTI had a wide range of responsibilities. There were ultimately nine main areas covered by the DTI: Company Law, Trade, Business Growth, Innovation, Employment Law, Regional Economic Development, Energy, Science, and Consumer Law. From 1999 to 2005 it led the national E-Commerce Awards with InterForum, a not for profit membership organisation that helped British businesses to trade electronically. This aimed to encourage Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises to develop their business through the use of E-Commerce technologies. It also had responsibility for investigating misconduct by company directors, in which rôle Private Eye repeatedly lampooned it as "the Department of Timidity and Inaction".

See also

  • Avanti (programme)
    Avanti (programme)

    Avanti was established by the UK Department of Trade and Industry in 2002 to formulate an approach to collaborative working in order to enable construction project partners to work together effectively....
  • Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
    Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom

    Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom have been receiving increased attention over recent years. Key factors behind this are the UK Government's commitment to reducing carbon dioxide, the projected 'energy gap' in electricity generation, and the increasing reliance on imports to meet national energy needs....
  • United Kingdom budget
    United Kingdom budget

    The United Kingdom budget in the field of Public finance deals with HM Treasury budgeting the revenues gathered by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and expenditures of public sector departments, in compliance with government policy....
  • Restricted Enforcement Unit
    Restricted Enforcement Unit

    The Restricted Enforcement Unit is an expert-level committee set up in 1987 by the Her Majesty's Government to control exports of military technology from the United Kingdom, in particular the illegal export or trade of conventional weaponry and weapons of mass destruction not licensed for export by the Department of Trade and Industry....


External links

  • - The Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire & Humber