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30-655: The Department of Main Roads was a department of the Government of Queensland responsible for planning, building and maintaining the state's major roads. It was merged with Queensland Transport to form the Department of Transport and Main Roads in April 2009. The Minister for Local Government and Main Roads was responsible for the department; Warren Pitt was the last person in this portfolio. The department's head office

60-681: A government minister or secretary of state , are considered to be departments . Until 2018, the term "ministry" had been retained only for the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Justice . On 8 January 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the Department of Communities and Local Government would be renamed to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to emphasise her government's prioritising of housing policy. In September 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson reverted

90-489: A long time as ministries ( Finance , National Defense , Foreign Affairs , Health , etc.). The term "ministry" also continues to be used as the vernacular to refer to a government area. In Nigeria each ministry is led by a minister who is not a member of the Nigerian legislature (due to the separation of powers) and is responsible to the popularly elected president . In Lebanon , there are 21 ministries. Each ministry

120-770: A major projects section located at 260 Queen Street . Due to the state's population growth and growing use of the roads for mining in Australia many more projects are being planned and implemented across Queensland. Some current plans and strategies include the Warrego Highway Upgrade Strategy and the Bruce Highway Upgrade Strategy. This Australian government-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ministry (government department) These types of organizations are usually led by

150-481: A member of Cabinet , the executive, which is then responsible for one or more departments , the top division of the public service. The collection of departments responsible to a ministerial office and hence the minister, is referred to as the minister's "portfolio". New Zealand 's state agencies include many ministries and a smaller number of departments. Increasingly, state agencies are styled neither as ministries nor as departments. All New Zealand agencies are under

180-541: A politician who is a member of a cabinet —a body of high-ranking government officials—who may use a title such as minister , secretary , or commissioner, and are typically staffed with members of a non-political civil service , who manage its operations; they may also oversee other government agencies and organizations as part of a political portfolio . Governments may have differing numbers and types of ministries and departments. In some countries, these terms may be used with specific meanings: for example, an office may be

210-408: A subdivision of a department or ministry. The federal Government of Canada uses the term department to refer to its first-level executive bodies. In Canada , first-level subdivisions are known as provinces and territories . Five of the ten provincial governments use the term ministry to describe their departments ( Ontario , Quebec , Saskatchewan , British Columbia , and Alberta ) but

240-714: Is Sarah Healey who took up her post in February 2023. MHCLG was formed in July 2001 as part of the Cabinet Office with the title Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ( ODPM ), headed by the then Deputy Prime Minister , John Prescott . In May 2002 the ODPM became a separate department after absorbing the local government and regions portfolios from the defunct Department for Transport, Local Government and

270-752: Is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom . It is responsible for housing , communities , and local government in England . It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001. The department shares its headquarters building, at 2 Marsham Street in London, with the Home Office . There are corresponding departments in

300-685: Is led by a minister, and the prime minister is the 23rd minister of the Lebanese government. In the European Union , the equivalent organisation to a national government department is termed directorate-general with the civil servant in charge called a director-general (in the European Commission , the political head of the department is one of the European Commissioners ). The government departments of

330-437: The Department for Communities and Local Government ( DCLG ). In January 2018, as part of Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle, the department was renamed the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG ). In September 2021, Boris Johnson renamed the department yet again, calling it the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ( DLUHC ), being more powers outside of just England to manage funds across

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360-834: The Scottish Government , the Welsh Government , and the Northern Ireland Executive , responsible for communities and local government in their respective jurisdictions. MHCLG's ministers are as follows, with cabinet ministers in bold: Local government finance (including local taxation, business rates and local government pensions); Local government policy (including the Office for Local Government, stewardship, local audit, and governance reform); Mayoral Combined Authorities and pan-regional bodies; Planning casework High streets and towns; Community Ownership (including Assets of Community Value and

390-590: The XXI (2015–2019) and the XXII (2019-2024) governments ceased to expressly foresee the existence of ministries, with the portfolios of the ministers being instead referred as "government areas" and having, in theory, a more flexible organization. Although the term "ministry" has been eliminated from the Government communication and from most of the new published laws, it continues to be used in some legislation, especially those referring to some government areas that existed for

420-581: The Community Ownership Fund); Funding delivery and simplification of legacy funding streams (including UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Levelling Up Fund, Levelling Up Partnerships); Investment Zones and Freeports; Elections policy and delivery; Resilience, recovery, and emergencies Grenfell Inquiry; Building safety, regulations, Building Safety Regulator and remediation; Homelessness and rough sleeping; Housing quality; Supported housing and domestic abuse; Planning casework The Permanent Secretary

450-656: The Regions . The ODPM was criticised in some quarters for adding little value and the Environmental Audit Committee had reported negatively on the department in the past. During the 5 May 2006 reshuffle of Tony Blair's government , it was renamed and Ruth Kelly succeeded David Miliband (cabinet-level Minister of State for Communities and Local Government within the ODPM) to become the first Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at

480-930: The Soviet Union were termed people's commissariats between 1917 and 1946. Ministry was used, thereafter. The term ministry has also been widely used in fiction, notably in satires and parodies. Portrayals of various fictional government ministries include: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG )

510-400: The United Kingdom. On 20 February 2021, it was announced as part of the government's levelling up policy , that MHCLG would be the first government department to have a headquarters based outside of London. Five hundred posts, including those of senior civil servants, will be moving to Wolverhampton by 2025. On 23 February 2021, the then Secretary of State, Robert Jenrick , announced he

540-524: The bureaus. In Mexico , ministries are referred to as secretariats . In 1999, the ministries of the federal government of Belgium became known as federal public service , the exception being the Ministry of Defense which kept the original designation. In the Republic of China , ministry is used. In the People's Republic of China , ministry is used. In Portugal , the organization adopted by

570-629: The department on the same day, after being sacked for disloyalty by the prime minister, Boris Johnson . Michael Gove was reappointed as the secretary of state by the prime minister Rishi Sunak on 25 October 2022. Following the Labour Party's victory at the 2024 General Election , Angela Rayner was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 5 July 2024. The department reverted to its former name, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 8 July 2024. A Levelling Up Taskforce

600-500: The direction of one or more ministers or associate ministers, whether they are styled ministries or not. Each body also has an apolitical chief executive, and in ministries and departments these chief executives often have the title of Secretary. In Indonesia , the term ministry ( Indonesian : Kementerian ) is used. From the New Order to 2009, the office was known as department ( Indonesian : Departemen ). In Malaysia ,

630-592: The i9 office development on 10 September 2021. At the opening of the new office development the Secretary of State was joined by the leader of City of Wolverhampton Council Ian Brookfield and the West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street . On 6 July 2022, most of the ministers responsible for the department resigned after the Chris Pincher scandal . The secretary of state, Michael Gove , also left

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660-609: The ministry to a department, renaming it the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and giving it the responsibility of overseeing his government's levelling up policy . It was then subsequently reverted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government under the Starmer government in 2024. Some countries, such as Switzerland , the Philippines and the United States , do not use or no longer use

690-521: The other five, as well as the three territorial governments, use the term department . Despite the difference in nomenclature, both the provincial and federal governments use the term "minister" to describe the head of a ministry or department. The specific task assigned to a minister is referred to as his or her "portfolio". In the United Kingdom , all government organisations that consist of civil servants, and which may or may not be headed by

720-515: The performance of local government, and support[ing] its improvement". MHCLG teams have been actively supporting digitisation of town planning processes as part of the Levelling Up Mission. Under the "Proptech innovation fund", MHCLG has been funding four rounds of digitisation initiatives within various local councils in England. The department also was previously responsible for two other agencies. On 18 July 2011 Ordnance Survey

750-504: The term ministry is used for all but one government cabinet portfolio. The Prime Minister Department is the only portfolio that uses department instead. All government portfolios in the Peninsular Malaysia states use committee , while Sabah and Sarawak state governments following the federal government's style in naming certain portfolios. In Hong Kong , the term bureau is used, and departments are subordinate to

780-403: The term "ministry" and instead call their main government bodies "departments". However, in other countries such as Luxembourg a department is a subdivision of a ministry, usually led by a government member called a secretary of state who is subordinate to the minister. In Australia at the federal level, and also at the state level, the term ministry refers to the ministerial office held by

810-666: Was at 477 Boundary Street in Spring Hill , Brisbane The department was one of a handful of government agencies in Queensland with a permanent public museum . Situated in Toowoomba , the Heritage Centre showcases the story and culture of the department with a rich history; how hard work and a pioneering spirit have helped connect Queensland. The museum opened to the public in 2008. The Department of Main Roads had

840-576: Was formed in September 2021 headed by former Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane . The Levelling Up policy was not initially defined in detail, but would include: The department is responsible for UK Government policy in the following areas, mainly in England : The Office for Local Government ("Oflog"), established in 2023, is an office within the department responsible for providing "authoritative and accessible data and analysis about

870-592: Was hopeful that staff would be working in Wolverhampton by the summer of 2021. He also announced that they were considering building a new office development in or around the city centre to house the new headquarters. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, suggested it should be within walking distance of local newspaper Express & Star , where he previously did work experience. With the intention to relocate some 500 members of staff to Wolverhampton, Robert Jenrick officially opened its new Wolverhampton offices at

900-565: Was transferred to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and on 28 February 2013 the Fire Service College was sold to Capita . In January 2007, Ruth Kelly announced proposals to bring together the delivery functions of the Housing Corporation , English Partnerships and parts of the then Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government to form a new unified housing and regeneration agency,

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