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Her Majesty's Government
Her Majesty's Government

Her Majesty's Government is a term used to refer to the government of the United Kingdom. Apart from the United Kingdom, the phrase has been used by other countries which recognise the British head of state as their own also....
 of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 contains a number of Minister
Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the Cabinet , usually led by a monarch, Governor-General, or president....
s and Secretaries of State
Secretary of State (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a Cabinet of the United Kingdom Political minister in charge of a Departments of the United Kingdom Government ....
. These members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in Ministerial Departments.

sterial Departments are led politically by a Government Minister
Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the Cabinet , usually led by a monarch, Governor-General, or president....
, normally a member of the Cabinet
Cabinet of the United Kingdom

In the politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body composed of the most senior Her Majesty's Governmentminister chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
 and cover matters that require direct political oversight.






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Her Majesty's Government
Her Majesty's Government

Her Majesty's Government is a term used to refer to the government of the United Kingdom. Apart from the United Kingdom, the phrase has been used by other countries which recognise the British head of state as their own also....
 of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 contains a number of Minister
Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the Cabinet , usually led by a monarch, Governor-General, or president....
s and Secretaries of State
Secretary of State (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a Cabinet of the United Kingdom Political minister in charge of a Departments of the United Kingdom Government ....
. These members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in Ministerial Departments.

Types of Government Department

Ministerial Departments are led politically by a Government Minister
Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the Cabinet , usually led by a monarch, Governor-General, or president....
, normally a member of the Cabinet
Cabinet of the United Kingdom

In the politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body composed of the most senior Her Majesty's Governmentminister chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
 and cover matters that require direct political oversight. For most Departments, the Government Minister in question is known as a Secretary of State
Secretary of State (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a Cabinet of the United Kingdom Political minister in charge of a Departments of the United Kingdom Government ....
 and is a member of the Cabinet
Cabinet of the United Kingdom

In the politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body composed of the most senior Her Majesty's Governmentminister chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
. 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
British Civil Service

Her Majesty's Civil Service, also known as the Home Civil Service, is the permanent bureaucracy of Crown employees that supports Government of the United Kingdom and the devolved administrations in Welsh Assembly Government and Scottish Government....
 known as a Permanent Secretary
Permanent Secretary

The Permanent Secretary, in most departments officially titled the Permanent Under-Secretary of State , is the most senior British Civil Service of a Her Majesty's Government Ministry , charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis....
. Subordinate to these Ministerial Departments are executive agencies
Executive agency

An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland Executive....
. An Executive Agency has a degree of autonomy to perform an operational function and report to one or more specific Government Departments, which will set the funding and strategic policy for the Agency. At 'arm's length' from a parent or sponsor Department there can be a number of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), known colloquially as QUANGO
Quango

Quango or qango is an acronym used notably in the United Kingdom but also in Australia, Republic of Ireland and elsewhere to label colloquialism an organisation to which government has devolution power....
s.

Non-ministerial department
Non-ministerial government department

A non-ministerial government department is a Ministry or Ministry of a government that is not headed by a Political minister or Political minister, and answers directly to a legislature....
s generally cover matters for which direct political oversight is judged unnecessary or inappropriate. They are headed by senior civil servants
British Civil Service

Her Majesty's Civil Service, also known as the Home Civil Service, is the permanent bureaucracy of Crown employees that supports Government of the United Kingdom and the devolved administrations in Welsh Assembly Government and Scottish Government....
. 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
Permanent Secretary

The Permanent Secretary, in most departments officially titled the Permanent Under-Secretary of State , is the most senior British Civil Service of a Her Majesty's Government Ministry , charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis....
 or Second Permanent Secretaries.

List of Departments of the United Kingdom Government


Ministerial Departments

  • Attorney General's Office
    Attorney General's Office (UK)

    The Attorney General's Office is a United Kingdom government department that supports the Attorney General for England and Wales and her deputy the Solicitor General for England and Wales....
     (AGO)
  • Cabinet Office
    Cabinet Office

    The Cabinet Office is a United Kingdom government department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Cabinet of the United Kingdom....
     (CO)
  • Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
  • 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 ....
     (BERR)
  • Department for Children, Schools and Families
    Department for Children, Schools and Families

    The Department for Children, Schools and Families is a British government department created on 28 June 2007 following the disbanding of the Department for Education and Skills ....
     (DCSF)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport
    Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for English culture and Sport in England in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, for example broadcasting....
     (DCMS)
  • Department of Energy and Climate Change
    Department of Energy and Climate Change

    The Department of Energy and Climate Change is a British government department created on 3 October 2008 by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown to take over some of the functions of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ....
     (DECC)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
    Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental quality protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom....
     (DEFRA)
  • 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....
     (DIUS)
  • Department for International Development
    Department for International Development

    The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department, the function of which is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty"....
     (DfID)
  • Department for Transport
    Department for Transport

    In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for the English transport network and transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are not devolved....
     (DfT)
  • Department for Work and Pensions
    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....
     (DWP)
  • Department of Health
    Department of Health (United Kingdom)

    The Department of Health is a Departments of the United Kingdom government but with responsibility for government policy for England alone on health, social care and the National Health Service ....
     (DH)
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs....
     (FCO)
  • Her Majesty’s Treasury
    HM Treasury

    HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy....
     (HMT)
  • Home Office
    Home Office

    The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, United Kingdom Borders Agency and MI5....
     (HO)
  • Ministry of Defence
    Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

    The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
     (MoD)
  • Ministry of Justice
    Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)

    The Ministry of Justice has been a department of the Her Majesty's Government since 2007. It was created on 9 May 2007 by merging the Department for Constitutional Affairs with parts of the Home Office responsible for criminal justice policy, sentencing policy, probation, prisons and prevention of re-offending in England and Wales....
     (MoJ)
  • Scotland Office
    Scotland Office

    The Scotland Office is a department of the United Kingdom government within the Ministry of Justice and led by the Secretary of State for Scotland....
     (SO)
  • Wales Office
    Wales Office

    The Wales Office / Swyddfa Cymru is a United Kingdom government department. It is a replacement for the old Welsh Office, which had extensive responsibility for governing Wales prior to Welsh devolution in 1999....
     (WO)
  • Northern Ireland Office
    Northern Ireland Office

    The Northern Ireland Office is a United Kingdom government department responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. The NIO is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, currently Shaun Woodward MP supported by Paul Goggins MP....
     (NIO)
  • Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
    Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

    The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is a United Kingdom government department. The remit of this relatively recently created office is to support the Leader of the House of Commons in his or her duties to the British House of Commons....


Non-Ministerial Departments

  • Charity Commission
    Charity Commission

    The Charity Commission for England and Wales is the non-ministerial government department that regulates Charitable organization in England and Wales....
     for England and Wales
  • Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
    Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt

    The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt , is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government, established in 1786, which manages the investment portfolios of a number of government and public bodies including HM Revenue & Customs , National Savings and Investments , Her Majesty's Court Service and the Department for Cultur...
     (CRND)
  • Crown Estate
    Crown Estate

    In the United Kingdom, the Crown Estate is a property financial portfolio associated with the British monarchy, that belongs to the reigning monarch ....
     (CE)
  • Crown Prosecution Service
    Crown Prosecution Service

    The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales....
     (CPS)
  • Export Credits Guarantee Department
    Export Credits Guarantee Department

    The Export Credits Guarantee Department is the United Kingdom's official Export Credit Agency . It is a separate Departments of the United Kingdom Government, reporting through a Minister of State to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform....
     ECGD
  • Food Standards Agency
    Food Standards Agency

    The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Her Majesty's Government. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food throughout the United Kingdom and is led by an appointed board that is intended to act in the public interest....
  • Forestry Commission
    Forestry Commission

    The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. Its mission is to protect and expand Britain's forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment....
  • Government Actuary's Department
    Government Actuary's Department

    The Government Actuary?s Department is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for providing actuarial advice to public sector clients....
     (GAD)
  • HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
  • National School of Government
    National School of Government

    The National School of Government is a non-ministerial department of the United Kingdom government that runs training, organisational development and consultancy courses for British civil service and private individual learners....
     (NSG)
  • Office for Standards in Education
    Office for Standards in Education

    The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
     (OFSTED)
  • Office of Fair Trading
    Office of Fair Trading

    The Office of Fair Trading is a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforces both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the UK's Economic regulation....
     (OFT)
  • Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
    Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

    The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets , working for the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority , is the Government regulation for the electricity and downstream natural gas markets in Great Britain....
    /Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (OFGEM)
  • Office of Rail Regulation
    Office of Rail Regulation

    The Office of Rail Regulation is a statutory board which is the combined economic and safety regulatory authority for Great Britain's railway network....
     (ORR)
  • Parliamentary Counsel Office
    Parliamentary Counsel Office

    The Parliamentary Counsel Office is a team of lawyers who draft legislation for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, principally government Bill s, but also certain Order in Council and other secondary legislation....
     (PCO)
  • Postal Services Commission
    Postal Services Commission

    The Postal Services Commission, known as Postcomm is a UK government regulator, charged with overseeing the quality and universal service of post in the United Kingdom....
     (Postcomm)
  • Public Works Loan Board
    Public Works Loan Board

    The Public Works Loan Board was established in 1793 to provide loans to public bodies from the National Loans Fund. It today provides loans to local authorities of all types in Great Britain, primarily for capital expenditure projects, but also as a lender of last resort....
     (PWLB)
  • Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office
    Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

    The Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office was created under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 as an independent prosecution body to take responsibility in the England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the prosecution of criminal offences in cases previously within the purview of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise ....
     (RCPO)
  • Serious Fraud Office
    Serious Fraud Office (UK)

    The Serious Fraud Office is an arm of the Government of the United Kingdom, accountable to the Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales#21st_Century....
     (SFO)
  • Treasury Solicitor's Department
    Treasury Solicitor's Department

    The Treasury Solicitor's Department is the largest in-house legal organisation in the United Kingdom's Government Legal Service.The Department is headed by the Treasury Solicitor....
     (TSol)
  • UK Statistics Authority
    UK Statistics Authority

    The UK Statistics Authority is the name for the non-ministerial department created by the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. It took on its powers on 1 April, 2008....
  • UK Trade & Investment
    UK Trade & Investment

    UK Trade & Investment is the UK Government organisation that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. Its range of services are tailored to the needs of individual businesses to maximise their international success....
     (UKTI)
  • Water Services Regulation Authority
    Water Services Regulation Authority

    The Water Services Regulation Authority is the body responsible for economic regulation of the privatised water and sewerage industry in England and Wales....
     (Ofwat)


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


See also

  • Politics of the United Kingdom
    Politics of the United Kingdom

    The politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland takes place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the British monarchy is head of state and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom is the head of government....
  • British Prime Minister's Office


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