'England Only' Government Departments of The UK Government
Several Government Departments of the UK Government have responsibilities for matters affecting England alone:
- The Department for Communities and Local Government.
- The Department for Education is responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19.
- The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in England.
- The Department of Health, (DoH) has responsibility for government policy on health, social care and the English National Health Service (NHS).
- The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) which is a non-ministerial department headed by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England.
Other departments deal mainly with matters affecting England though they also have some UK wide responsibilities in certain areas;
- The Department for Transport
- The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- The Charity Commission for England and Wales, which is a non-ministerial department
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