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Structure of the Cabinet Office

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

Organisation chart

• Cabinet Office organisation chart [PDF 1.09MB, 1 page]

Cabinet Office ministers

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

• The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP – Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Kevin Brennan MP – Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for the Third Sector)
• Tom Watson MP – Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Digital Engagement and Civil Service Issues)
• Shriti Vadera –  Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Economic Competitiveness and Small Business) (jointly with the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform)
• The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP – Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General

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)
• Ceremonial Secretariat
• Civil Contingencies Secretariat
• Civil Service Capability Group
• Defence and Overseas Secretariat
• Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat
• Emergency Planning College (EPC)
• European Secretariat
• Government Chief Whip (Lords)
• Government Communication
• Histories, Openness and Records Unit (HORU)
• Independent Offices
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
• Office of the Third Sector
• Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO)
• Social Exclusion Task Force
• Strategy Unit

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