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Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office sits at the very centre of government and, with the Treasury, provides the ‘head office’ of government. The Cabinet Office has an overarching purpose of Making government work better.
The Department has three core functions that enable it to achieve this overarching purpose:

1. Supporting the Prime Minister –to define and deliver the Government’s objectives and drive forward from the centre particular cross-departmental priority issues such as better regulation, the Third Sector, social exclusion and technology in Government.
2. Supporting the Cabinet – to drive the coherence, quality and delivery of policy and operations across departments.
3. Strengthening the Civil Service – to ensure the civil service is organised effectively and has the capability in terms of skills, values and leadership to deliver the Government's objectives.

Contact information

• Address: 70 Whitehall, London SW1A 2AS
• Website: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
• Telephone: 020 7276 3000

Parliamentary Branch

• Telephone: 020 7276 0415
• Fax: 020 7276 0514
• E-mail: pqanswers@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

Correspondence Section

• Telephone: 020 7276 0523
• Fax: 020 7276 0080
• E-mail: mst@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

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Ministers

Ed Miliband

Minister for the Cabinet Office (and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster): The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP

Private Office to Ed Miliband

Phil Hope

Parliamentary Secretary: Phil Hope MP

Private Office to Phil Hope

Gillian Merron

Parliamentary Secretary and Minister for the East Midlands: Gillian Merron MP

Private Office to Gillian Merron

Tessa Jowell

Minister for the Olympics and Minister for London (Paymaster General): The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP

Private Offices

Private Office to Ed Miliband

• Telephone: 020 7276 0840
• Fax: 020 7276 0841
• Email: pscdl@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

Private Office to Phil Hope

• Telephone: 020 7276 0533
• Fax: 020 7276 0535
• Email: ministerforthirdsector@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

Private Office to Gillian Merron

• Telephone: 020 7276 0867
• Fax: 020 7276 0655
• Email: psgillianmerron@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

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Executive Agencies

Central Office of Information

The Central Office of Information supplies consultancy, procurement and project management in a range of marketing and publicity services to Government Departments and Agencies.

• Chief Executive: Alan Bishop
• Responsible Minister: Parliamentary Secretary
• Address: Hercules House, Hercules Road, London, SE1 7DU
• Website: www.coi.gov.uk
• Telephone: 020 7928 2345
• Fax: 020 7928 5037
• Email: alan.bishop@coi.gsi.gov.uk
• Note: Central Office of Information is also a separate non-Ministerial Department

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