British Ministry of Magic

The **Ministry of Magic** is the governing body of mages in the UK.

The main offices of the **Ministry of Magic** are located under HM Treasury in Whitehall, London. Supplementary offices of the *Ministry of Magic Public Information Services*, *Department of Magical Education* and *Wizarding Examinations Authority*, plus the *Apparition Test Centre*, are located in Stagbridge due to size concerns.

#### Roles by Power

* Minister of Magic - Kingsley Shacklebolt, as of 2008
* Deputy Minister of Magic
* Minister of Magical Regulation Policy
* Minister of Nonhuman Relations - Hermione Granger, as of 2009
* Minister of International Relations
* Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot
* Minister of Economics and Infrastructure
* Head of Magical Law Enforcement - Gawain Robards, as of 2008
* Minister of Mage Services
* Minister of Culture

#### Departmental structure

* Department of Magical Law Enforcement
	+ Magic Safety Information & Procedure Taskforce
		- Ministry of Magic Public Information Services
	+ Wizengamot & Wizengamot Policy Office
	+ Department of Justice
	+ Auror Office (head: William Proudfoot, as of 2008)
		- Misuse of Magic Office
		- Fraud Office
	+ Office for Magical Trade Regulation
* Department of Magical Research & Development (sub-departments research & inform policy on magic safety)
	+ Department of Spell Research
	+ Enchantment Department
	+ Department of Potions & Poltices
	+ Department of Mixed Technology & Medicine (muggle)
		- Office for Magilectrical Engineering
* Department of Magical Cutlure, Games and Sports
	+ Intellectual Property Office
	+ Media Regulation Office
* Department of Economics
	+ Business Advisory Board
	+ Competition & Markets Authority
	+ Office for Work & Pensions
	+ Ministry of Magic Treasury
* Department of Population, Infrastructure and Secrecy
	+ Statute of Secrecy Office (policy-makers, including designating & constructing anti-muggle enchantments)
		- Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office
		- Statute of Secrecy Violation Prevention Through Enchantment Office
			* Muggle Recordkeeping Taskforce - expanded to include special Video & Internet Taskforce
			* Obliviator Headquarters
	+ Population Management Office
		- Office for Status & Records (manages the Mage Ledger)
		- Mage Infrastructure Authority
			* Agriculture & Food Standards Office
			* Water, Power, Gas & Sewage Office
				+ Connect 2 Grid Initiative
		- Environment Office
	+ Department of Non-Human Relations
		- Liaison offices
		- Treatment of Creatures Office
		- Creature Control & Transport Office & Taskforce
	+ Muggle Liaison Office
	+ Mage Services Office
		- Mage Recycling Scheme (recycles for Mage homes with anti-muggle enchantments, and recycles magical components, objects etc. for all households)
		- Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes
			* Accidental Magic Reversal Squad & Invisibility Task Force
		- Access to Healthcare Office
		- Department of Magical Transportation
			* Floo Network Authority
			* Broom Regulatory Control
			* Portkey Office
			* Apparition Test Centre
			* Department of Avian Communications
		- Department of Magical Education
			* Wizarding Examinations Authority
* Department of International Magical Co-operation
	+ Department for International Wizarding Trade

#### History

The Ministry was itself an overhaul of the Wizards' Council, the previous and less powerful governing body of the UK, active between 1111-1707 CE.

The departmental structure of the Ministry underwent large reforms in 1999, amalgamating departments and what had become secret or complicatedly bureaucratic roles, such as managing treasury and trade, into better-defined departments.

The wholly new departments & offices added in 2000 were:

* Department of Mixed Technology & Medicine
* Office for Magilectrical Engineering
* Intellectual Property Office
* Media Regulation Office
* Video & Internet Taskforce
* Access to Healthcare Office (spearheaded by Hermione Granger)

The most recent addition, as of 2002, is the *Connect2Grid Initiative*, run by the *Water, Power, Gas & Sewage Office*, which offers highly subsidised installation of connections to the water, gas and sewage grids.