Talk:Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom

message: I'm not sure if the second list should be "Non-ministerial departments".
They're often called "Non-departmental bodies".
Jon.baldwin 17:42, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

message: This section has a number of inaccuracies contained therein. For instance, Executive Agencies are NOT NDPBs/QuANGOs, nor are they non-ministerial departments - they are at arm's length from their Parent Department, staffed by civil servants. NDPBs are part of the wider public sector, but these are most definitely not Departments at all - they are sponsored by a parent department within central government and staffed by public (but not Civil) Servants, and there are various types including Advisory and Statutory. Moreover the status of Ministers, Secretaries of State and so on could be much clearer. I could take a stab at amending much of this but I suspect it needs a wholesale revamp. Wisdom of clowns 10:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: According to this article the Highways Agency would be a QuANGO - surely thats not right?
I have tried to correct the page on Government Departments, so I hope that this is a bit clearer now. Guineveretoo 12:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Almost 15 years on, I have revamped the entire page, to set out the types of government departments in a clearer and sourced way. FollowTheTortoise (talk) 17:43, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Types of government Department

message: Why is this listed in "see other"?  Isn't it a ministerial department, headed by the Lord President? john k 17:30, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Privy Council Office 

message: I have started a list at . Additions to the list, and articles welcome. Jackiespeel (talk) 14:25, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Parallel TNA Government Department articles

message: Is there any reasonable reason why governement departments are called "offices", "the Treasury", "departments" or "ministries"? I thought it was just a name difference, depending on the historical period in which they were created: "offices" in the 18th century, "ministries" in the mid-20th, "departments" in the last 30 or 40 years. However, the lead of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food states: "It was the last Ministry of the United Kingdom government not to be a Department of State. The Ministry of Defence continues to be known as a Ministry although it has been a Department since the 1960s", which suggests these are two different things. Besides, the "Ministry" of Justice was created in 2007, which is a bit puzzling. The only difference I can think of is that entities called "ministries" seemed to have a more specific portfolio than the current, larger departments. Any idea? 83.199.66.112 (talk) 12:37, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See more recent complications at Talk:Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. – Kaihsu (talk) 06:37, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Offices, ministries, departments etc. 

message: As already pointed out more than two years ago above, the intro needs an explanation of the differences between the terms ministry/minister, department, secretary of state, ministerial department, government department, etc.. They now confuse the reader, who does not know which are synonyms or more general terms. --Espoo (talk) 20:04, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  incomprehensible and confusing intro 

message: I've removed this as despite their name and their claim, ECGD are not a Government Department (ministerial or otherwise). All Ministerial Departments are listed here: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/government-ministers-and-responsibilities
Thom2002 (talk) 00:09, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems it was added back. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations – Kaihsu (talk) 06:36, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Export Credit Guarantee Department 

message: It would be very helpful if contact details could be included, telephone numbers and all other possible details.Seadowns (talk) 12:38, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contact with Departments 

message: There is no discussion about these? 
* https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/government-departments-boards-and-non-executive-directors
* https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/non-executive-directors-reports-and-information
– Kaihsu (talk) 12:47, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Departmental boards and government [[Non-executive director|non-executives]] 

message: Most departments don't have distinct individual logos, but they do each have a dedicated colour bar. I wanted to add these to the table, similar to the party colours on lists of ministerial incumbents, but couldn't get the code to work. Robin S. Taylor (talk) 21:38, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colours