Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to (a) restructure the Cabinet Office and its agencies and (b) transfer responsibilities to Departments.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
Following the 4th July 2024 election, there have been two Written Ministerial Statements setting out several Machinery of Government changes, all of which impact the Cabinet Office. The Written Ministerial Statement laid on 24th July 2024 (HCWS19) announced:
The Office for Veterans’ Affairs will move from the Cabinet Office to the Ministry of Defence
Digital functions (i.AI, Government Digital Service, Central Digital and Data Office) will move from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Ministerial oversight of the EU relationship (existing agreements and the future relationship) will move from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to the Cabinet Office
Government Car Service will move from the Department for Transport (DfT) to the Cabinet Office
A later Written Ministerial Statement laid on 5th September set out:
Responsibility for Union and devolution policy across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is moving from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office staff are now working on the implementation of the above Machinery of Government Changes.
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