Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom

The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy CommitteeA list of all ministerial departments is shown below.Sir Chris Wormald KCBCabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service Catherine Little CBPermanent Secretary [47] 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]

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