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The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments that each have responsibility, according to the government, 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]
This category contains articles about the ministries of the Government of the United Kingdom, which are known as departments. For articles about other bodies controlled by the UK government see: Category:Executive agencies of the United Kingdom government; Category:Public bodies and task forces of the United Kingdom government
Prior to the 20th century, the leader of the British government held the title of First Lord of the Treasury, and not that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Therefore, the list below refers to the "Head of Government" and not the "Prime Minister". Even so, the leader of a government was often colloquially referred to as the "prime ...
The government of the United Kingdom, officially His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government, is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [2] [3] The government is led by the prime minister (Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024) who selects all the other ministers.
This category contains articles about elements of the central government of the United Kingdom and the governments and councils of the constituent countries and subdivisions of the United Kingdom. Wikimedia Commons has media related to National government of the United Kingdom .
The Cabinet Office is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.It is responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. [3] It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and coordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments.
In practice, several government departments and ministers have responsibilities that cover England alone, with devolved bodies having responsibility for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, (for example – the Department of Health), or responsibilities that mainly focus on England (such as the Department for Education).
The Great Offices of State are senior offices in the UK government. They are the Prime Minister , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] or, alternatively, three of those offices excluding the prime minister.