The organisation of government administration
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- Created on: 18-04-18 06:38
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- The organisation of government administration
- ministerial departments
- Cabinet Office
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Department for Communities and Local Government
- Department for Education
- HM Treasury
- Home Office
- Ministry of Defence
- + A LOT MORE!!
- non-ministerial departments
- The Charity Commission
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Food Standards Agency
- HM Revenue and Customs
- The National Archives
- Ofsted
- Ordnance Survey
- Supreme Court of the UK
- + A LOT MORE!!
- the role of the civil service
- helps the government develop and implement its policy
- provides services directly to the public
- number of civil servants has declined as more government services are provided on an agency basis and their employees are then not directly employed civil servants
- politically neutral, impartial and remain in post when governments change
- made up of 25 professions + in 2015 there were 431,000 civil servants in post
- Senior Civil Service is made up of the top 3600 civil servants who devise policy and advise ministers - earn between £60,000 and £140,000
- Government in the UK is organised and delivered via government departments (ministries)
- the role of government departments is the planning and commissioning of services for other bodies to run
- agencies are business units at arm's length from the government which carry out specific functions on behalf of their client
- Air Accident Investigation Branch
- Bank of England
- Imperial War Museum
- British Film Institute
- Criminal Cases review Commission
- public corporations are created to perform a governmental function or to operate under government control
- Historic Royal Palaces
- BBC
- Channel 4
- Civil Aviation Authority
- high profile groups are specialist groups or posts within government that by regulation need to be consulted
- Government Chemist
- Civil Nuclear Constubulary
- Veterans UK
- ministerial departments
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