Overview
Established 1707
State United Kingdom
Leader Prime Minister (Rishi Sunak)
Appointed by Monarch of the United Kingdom (Charles III)
Main organ Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Ministries 23 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments
Responsible to Parliament of the United Kingdom
Annual budget £882 billion
Headquarters 10 Downing Street, London
Ministerial department Civil servant responsible
Douglas Wilson OBE
Attorney General's Office
Director-General
Ministerial department Civil servant responsible
Sir Alex Chisholm KCB
Cabinet Office
Permanent Secretary
Gareth Davies CB
Department for Business and Trade
Permanent Secretary
Susannah Storey
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Permanent Secretary
Susan Acland-Hood
Department for Education
Permanent Secretary
Jeremy Pockington CB
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Permanent Secretary
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Tamara Finkelstein CB
Affairs Permanent Secretary
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Sarah Healey CB CVO
Communities Permanent Secretary
Department for Science, Innovation and Sarah Munby
Technology Permanent Secretary
Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB
Department for Transport
Permanent Secretary
Peter Schofield CB
Department for Work and Pensions
Permanent Secretary
Sir Chris Wormald KCB
Department of Health and Social Care
Permanent Secretary
Export Credits Guarantee Department Tim Reid
(trading as UK Export Finance) Chief Executive
Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Permanent Secretary
James Bowler CB
HM Treasury
Permanent Secretary
Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE
Home Office
Permanent Secretary
David Williams CB
Ministry of Defence
Permanent Secretary
Antonia Romeo
Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary & Clerk of the Crown in
Chancery
Ministerial department Civil servant responsible
Dominic Wilson
Northern Ireland Office
Acting Permanent Secretary & Director-General
Neil Taylor
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
Director & Solicitor to the Advocate General[40]
Lyn McDonald
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Temporary Director
Glynne Jones CBE
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Director[49]
