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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 15 agencies and public bodies .
The Department for International Development has closed. It’s been replaced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
DCSF is now the Department for Education
Accounts presented to the House of Commons pursuant to section 7 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. Annual Report presented to the House of Commons by Command of Her Majesty. Ordered by the House of Commons to be...
DCA is now the Ministry of Justice
DIUS is now a part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
DFES existed until 2007 when it was replaced the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
DSS was replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions in 2001.
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.
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...
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