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Departments of the United Kingdom Government

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The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of a number of ministerial departments (usually headed by a Secretary of State) and non-ministerial departments headed by senior civil servants.

Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Ministerial Departments

• Cabinet Office (CO)
  • Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
• Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA)
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport (dcms)
• Ministry of Defence (MoD)
• Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (defra)
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
• Department of Health (DH)
• Home Office (HO)
• Department for International Development (DFID)
• Northern Ireland Office (NIO)
• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Scotland Office (SO)
• Department of Trade and Industry (dti)
• Department for Transport (DfT)
  • Driving Standards Agency
  • National Foundation for Educationl Research
  • Transport Research Laboratory
  • Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency, Northern Ireland
• HM Treasury (HMT)
• Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Non-Ministerial Departments

• The British Council
• Charity Commission
• Crown Estate
• Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
• Export Credits Guarantee Department ECGD
• Food Standards Agency
• Forestry Commission
• HM Customs & Excise (HMCE)
• Inland Revenue (IR)
• Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
• Office of Communications (Ofcom)
• Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC)
• Office of Science and Technology (OST)
• Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
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