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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Welsh : Yr Adran Fusnes, Arloesi a Sgiliau
Department overview
Formed 5 June 2009
Preceding Department
Dissolved 14 July 2016
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
Headquarters 1, Victoria Street , London
Annual budget £16.5 billion (current) and £1.3 billion (capital) for 2011-12 [1]
Child agencies
Website www.gov.uk/bis

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ( BIS ) was a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom . It was created by the Gordon Brown premiership on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform . It was disbanded by the Theresa May premiership on the creation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 14 July 2016. [2]

Secretaries of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [ edit ]

Name Portrait Took office Left office Length of term Political party Prime Minister
The Lord Mandelson 5 June 2009 11 May 2010 11 months and 6 days Labour Gordon Brown
Vince Cable 12 May 2010 12 May 2015 5 years Liberal Democrats David Cameron
( Coalition )
Sajid Javid 12 May 2015 14 July 2016 1 year, 2 months and 3 days Conservative David Cameron
( II )

The Permanent Secretary was Sir Martin Donnelly .

Responsibilities [ edit ]

Some policies apply to England alone due to devolution , while others are not devolved and therefore apply to other nations of the United Kingdom . The department was responsible for UK Government policy in the following areas: [3]

Devolution [ edit ]

Economic policy is mostly devolved but several important policy areas are reserved to Westminster . Further and higher education policy is mostly devolved. Reserved and excepted matters are outlined below.

Scotland

Reserved matters: [4]

The Scottish Government Economy and Education Directorates handle devolved economic and further and higher education policy respectively.

Northern Ireland

Reserved matters: [5]

Excepted matter: [6]

The department's main counterparts are: [7]

Wales

Under the Welsh devolution settlement, specific policy areas are transferred to the Welsh Government rather than reserved to Westminster.

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Budget 2011 (PDF) . London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2011 . Retrieved 30 December 2011 .
  2. ^ Prime Minister's Office: Changes to the machinery of Government Archived 8 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" . gov.uk. 12 September 2012 . Retrieved 18 July 2016 .
  4. ^ "Scotland Act 1998, Schedule 5, Part II" . Opsi.gov.uk . Retrieved 4 December 2012 .
  5. ^ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3" . Opsi.gov.uk. 25 June 1998 . Retrieved 4 December 2012 .
  6. ^ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 2" . Opsi.gov.uk. 25 June 1998 . Retrieved 4 December 2012 .
  7. ^ "Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999" . Opsi.gov.uk. 5 October 2012 . Retrieved 4 December 2012 .

External links [ edit ]

Precursor departments: