Lord Chancellor's Department
... that before it was merged into the Department for Constitutional Affairs in 2003 the Lord Chancellor's Department was the oldest existing Government Department in the United Kingdom?
... that before it was merged into the <a href="./Department_for_Constitutional_Affairs" id="mwFFo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Department for Constitutional Affairs">Department for Constitutional Affairs</a> in 2003 the <b id="mwFFs"><a href="./Lord_Chancellor's_Department" id="mwFFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lord Chancellor's Department">Lord Chancellor's Department</a></b> was the oldest existing <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government" id="mwFF0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Departments of the United Kingdom Government">Government Department</a> in the United Kingdom?