Departmental responsibilities

• Details
• Tagged entities

Properties

SES ID

• 90863

Notation

• 90863

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Government departments

Related

• Departmental coordination
• Ministerial duties
• Ministerial responsibility

Scope note

• Use Ministerial duties when Departmental responsibilities is not appropriate, for general discussion of legal aspects, duties associated with particular offices. Use Ministers with terms such as Official cars and Official hospitality for discussion of all ministers, but use Departmental responsibilities with subjects and name of the department when the question is about what they do as part of their job.

Definition

• Refers to ministers' responsibilities for particular areas of government; covers both responsibilities within departments and the allocation of responsibilities between departments.