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*[http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ministerial_responsibilities/departments.aspx List of Ministerial Departments from the Cabinet Office] | *[http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ministerial_responsibilities/departments.aspx List of Ministerial Departments from the Cabinet Office] | ||
*[http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ministerial_responsibilities/non_ministerial_dept.aspx List of Non-ministerial Departments from the Cabinet Office] | *[http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ministerial_responsibilities/non_ministerial_dept.aspx List of Non-ministerial Departments from the Cabinet Office] | ||
*[http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/index/gov.htm List of Government Departments (|Northern Ireland)] | |||
Revision as of 19:50, 29 March 2009
Government Department is defined in section 34 of the Freedom of Information Act:
| "“government department” includes a Northern Ireland department, the Northern Ireland Court Service and any other body or authority exercising statutory functions on behalf of the Crown, but does not include—
(a) any of the bodies specified in section 80(2), (b) the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or the Government Communications Headquarters, or (c) the National Assembly for Wales;" | |
| statutelaw.gov.uk. | |
In the above definition the term “body” includes an unincorporated association (Section 34).
Is there a list of Government Departments?
A request was made to the Ministry of Justice to provide "the names of all government departments".
The response was: "I can confirm that the Ministry of Justice does not hold the information you have requested."
