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The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England. DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 18 agencies and public bodies .
DFES existed until 2007 when it was replaced the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
The Department for International Development has closed. It’s been replaced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
The department was created in 1997 to replace the Department of the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Department for Transport. It was dissolved in 2001.
Driving innovation that will deliver improved public services, create new better-paid jobs and grow the economy. DSIT is a ministerial department, supported by 16 agencies and public bodies .
DTI was replaced by BERR and DIUS in 2007.
DIUS is now a part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have merged to form the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport supports culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society across every part of England — recognising the UK’s world-leading position in these areas and the importance of these sectors in contributing so much...
We are the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. DBT is a ministerial department, supported by 19 agencies and public bodies .
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.
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DCSF is now the Department for Education
The DNH was created in 1992, to amalgamate a number of functions related to the arts, broadcasting, film, sport, architecture and historic sites, royal parks and tourism. It was replaced by DCMS in 1997.
DCA is now the Ministry of Justice
Northern Ireland’s Department of Education aims to promote the education of the people of Northern Ireland and to ensure the effective implementation of education policy. Department of Education (Northern Ireland) is supported by 1 public body .
The Department was responsible for the judicial system in England and Wales. It was merged with the then Department for Constitutional Affairs (now Ministry of Justice) in 2003.
We support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer. DHSC is a ministerial department, supported by 23 agencies and public bodies .
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to...
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