Guidance

Government ministers and responsibilities

This document lists government ministers and their responsibilities.

Documents

List of Ministerial Responsibilities (PDF)

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List of Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies (PDF)

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Details

This list of government ministers and their responsibilities details the following:

  • ministerial departments
  • the responsibilities of each minister within ministerial departments
  • correspondence email addresses for ministerial departments

A separate list details non-ministerial departments and executive agencies and their correspondence email addresses.

The list was last updated in October 2023. A current list of ministers can also be found on the ministers page.

Published 1 November 2012
Last updated 31 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated documents as at October 2023.

  2. Updated the document: List of ministerial responsibilities

  3. Updated with the newest version of the following documents: List of Ministerial Responsibilities, List of ministerial responsibilities - executive agencies and non-ministerial departments, List of ministerial responsibilities - ministers and government whips, List of ministerial responsibilities - ministerial departments

  4. Updated lists as of 27 May 2022.

  5. Updated lists as of 3 March 2022.

  6. Updated list as of November 2021

  7. Updated with the latest information on government ministers and their responsibilities.

  8. Updated documents as at December 2020.

  9. Updated documents as of August 2020.

  10. List updated.

  11. Updated attachment.

  12. Updated LMR attachment to November 2018.

  13. Updated attachment.

  14. List updated June 2018.

  15. Updated ministerial responsibilities.

  16. List updated.

  17. Updated version uploaded

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  20. List of ministerial responsibilities updated.

  21. Updated to reflect new contact information.

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  24. First published.