§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Prime Minister on how many occasions since 1975 Her Majesty's Government have used transfer of functions orders to abolish, create or amalgamate Government Departments.
§ The Prime MinisterTwelve. They are:
- 1976/1775 Established the Department of Transport
- 1979/907 Created the Office of Arts and Libraries
- 1979/1451 Dissolved the Ministry of Overseas Development
- 1981/207 Office of Arts and Libraries merged with Department of Education and Science
138 - 1981/1670 Civil Service Department changed into Management and Personnel Office
- 1983/879 Office of Arts and Libraries became a separate Office
- 1983/1127 Departments of Trade and Industry amalgamated into Department of Trade and Industry
- 1987/2039 Management and Personnel Office changed into Office of the Minister for the Civil Service
- 1988/1843 Department of Health and Social Security split into Department of Health and Department of Social Security
- 1992/1311 Department of National Heritage established
- 1992/1314 Department of Energy dissolved