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- Non-ministerial_government_department abstract "In the United Kingdom government, non-ministerial departments generally cover matters for which direct political oversight is judged unnecessary or inappropriate. They are headed by senior civil servants. Some fulfil a regulatory or inspection function, and their status is therefore intended to protect them from political interference. Some are headed by a permanent office holder, such as a Permanent Secretary or Second Permanent Secretary.The status of a non-ministerial government department (NMGD) varies considerably from one to another. For example: Senior officials in HM Revenue and Customs work closely with Ministers and its key policies are set each year in the Finance Act. However, neither Ministers nor Parliament can interfere in day-to-day taxation decisions. A number of NMGDs are highly independent bodies; for example the Charity Commission, Ofsted and economic regulators such as the Competition and Markets Authority or the Postal Services Commission. These bodies are "creatures of statute":- that is they implement legislation which they have no power to change. Their political independence is assured by providing that they have the status of Government departments, but are accountable only to Parliament and the Courts. Their budgets are usually set by the Treasury, not by the department which set them up, and they are often funded by licence fees paid by the industries which they regulate. The Food Standards Agency is an NMGD which was created by merging two large parts of the Departments of Health and what was then the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The aim was to reassure the public (after the BSE/vCJD crisis) that decisions about food safety would in future be taken by an independent body free of political control. Because the FSA was designed to take politics out of food safety, it does not seek ministerial approval for its actions, even when negotiating and agreeing to European legislation on behalf of the UK.A list of NMGDs is maintained by the Cabinet Office and currently states that the following twenty-two are in existence:Charity Commission for England and WalesCompetition and Markets AuthorityCrown Prosecution ServiceFood Standards AgencyForestry CommissionGovernment Actuary's DepartmentHer Majesty's Land RegistryHer Majesty's Revenue and Customsthe National ArchivesNational Crime AgencyNational Savings and InvestmentsOffice for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted)Office of Rail RegulationOffice of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)Office of Rail Regulation Ordnance SurveySerious Fraud OfficeSupreme Court of the United KingdomTreasury Solicitor's DepartmentUK Statistics AuthorityUK Trade & InvestmentWater Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)↑ ↑ ↑".
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- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageRevisionID "670602578".
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink British_Civil_Service.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Category:Departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Category:Government_institutions.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Category:Non-ministerial_departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Category:Political_terminology.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Charity_Commission.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Charity_Commission_for_England_and_Wales.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Competition_and_Markets_Authority.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Crown_Prosecution_Service.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Directive_(European_Union).
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink European_legislation.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Food_Standards_Agency.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Forestry_Commission.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Government_Actuarys_Department.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Government_Legal_Department.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Government_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink HM_Land_Registry.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink HM_Revenue_and_Customs.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Her_Majestys_Civil_Service.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Mad-cow_disease.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink National_Crime_Agency.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink National_Savings_and_Investments.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Office_for_Standards_in_Education,_Childrens_Services_and_Skills.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Office_of_Gas_and_Electricity_Markets.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Office_of_Qualifications_and_Examinations_Regulation.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Office_of_Rail_Regulation.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Office_of_Rail_and_Road.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Ofqual.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Ofsted.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Ofwat.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Ordnance_Survey.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Permanent_Secretary.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Postal_Services_Commission.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Regulatory_agency.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Second_Permanent_Secretary.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Serious_Fraud_Office_(United_Kingdom).
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom).
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Treasury_Solicitors_Department.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink UK_Statistics_Authority.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink UK_Trade_&_Investment.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom_government.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink VCJD.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Variant_Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLink Water_Services_Regulation_Authority.
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLinkText "Non-ministerial department".
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLinkText "Non-ministerial government department".
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLinkText "may not".
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLinkText "non-ministerial department".
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLinkText "non-ministerial government department".
- Non-ministerial_government_department wikiPageWikiLinkText "non-ministerial".
- Non-ministerial_government_department hasPhotoCollection Non-ministerial_government_department.
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- Non-ministerial_government_department subject Category:Departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government.
- Non-ministerial_government_department subject Category:Government_institutions.
- Non-ministerial_government_department subject Category:Non-ministerial_departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government.
- Non-ministerial_government_department subject Category:Political_terminology.
- Non-ministerial_government_department type Concept.
- Non-ministerial_government_department type Ministry.
- Non-ministerial_government_department type Organization.
- Non-ministerial_government_department type Organization.
- Non-ministerial_government_department type Thing.
- Non-ministerial_government_department comment "In the United Kingdom government, non-ministerial departments generally cover matters for which direct political oversight is judged unnecessary or inappropriate. They are headed by senior civil servants. Some fulfil a regulatory or inspection function, and their status is therefore intended to protect them from political interference.".
- Non-ministerial_government_department label "Non-ministerial government department".
- Non-ministerial_government_department seeAlso Quango.
- Non-ministerial_government_department sameAs الإدارات_غير_الوزارية_الحكومية.
- Non-ministerial_government_department sameAs Département_non_ministériel.
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