Machinery of Government
Machinery of Government changes
On 28 June 2007, the Prime Minister announced a series of Machinery of Government and
other changes[External website] to sharpen the focus of
Government on the new and very different challenges that Britain will face
in the years ahead. A paper explaining these changes in detail has been
placed in the Libraries of both Houses and available in the following
formats:
Security and Counter–Terrorism, and the Criminal Justice System
On 29 March 2007, the Prime Minister announced machinery of Government
changes to the Home Office and the Department of Constitutional Affairs.
This was announced by a Written
Ministerial Statement and further detail is avialable in the Cabinet
Office report, ‘Machinery of Government: Security and Counter–Terrorism,
and the Criminal Justice System’
A Protocol
This document sets out how Government Departments will work together to
deliver the Government's priorities for crime and the criminal justice
system in the light of the Machinery of Government changes which took
effect on 9 May 2007.
