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Structure of the Cabinet Office

• Organisation chart
• Cabinet Office ministers
• Cabinet Office Board
• Cabinet Office units
• Cabinet Office Public Bodies

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Organisation chart

• Cabinet Office organisation chart [PDF 1.5MB]

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Cabinet Office ministers

The ministers and senior staff in the Cabinet Office provide strategic leadership to the Department and coordinate government policy and strategy.

• The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP – Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Olympics and London and Paymaster General
• Angela Smith MP - Minister for the Third Sector
• Dawn Butler MP, Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement

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Cabinet Office Board

The role of the Cabinet Office Board is to steer and manage the business of the Department in accordance with ministerial priorities. Its responsibilities include:

• To recommend a business plan and resource allocation, and strategy for achieving the Department's business objectives to ministers
• Monitor and improve the Department's performance against these
• Ensure that risks are identified and effectively managed
• Oversee the Better Cabinet Office programme
• Ensure that standards and values within the Cabinet Office support the aims of the Department, and good government more generally
• Safeguard and enhance the Department's standards and values.

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Cabinet Office units

• Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA)
• Honours and Appointments Secretariat
• Civil Contingencies Secretariat
• Civil Service Capability Group
• Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat
• Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat
• Emergency Planning College (EPC)
• European and Global Issues Secretariat
• Government Chief Whip (Lords)
• Government Communication
• Knowledge and Information Management Unit (KIM)
• Independent Offices
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
• Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
• Office of the Third Sector
• Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC)
• Social Exclusion Task Force
• Strategy Unit
• Transformational Government

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Cabinet Office Public Bodies

• Advisory Committee on Business Appointment (ACOBA)
• Capacitybuilders
• Civil Service Appeal Board (CSAB)
• Commissioner for the Compact
• Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL)
• Futurebuilders Advisory Panel (FAP)
• House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC)
• Main Honours Advisory Committee (MHAC)
• Security Commission (SC) and Security Vetting Appeals Panel (SVAP)
• Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB)

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• Introduction
• Working for the Cabinet Office
• Cabinet Secretariat and Cabinet Committees