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The Government of the United Kingdom is divided up into departments. These, according to the government, are responsible for putting government policy into practice.[1] There are currently 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments.[2]
Ministerial departments are generally the most high-profile government departments and differ from the other two types of government departments in that they include ministers. A list of all ministeral departments is shown below.
Non-ministerial departments are headed by civil servants and usually have a regulatory or inspection function.[53] A list of all non-ministerial departments is shown below.
Government departments in this third and final category can generally be split into five types:[53]