This document produced by Oliver Wyman, provides an overview of the UK Government structures, departments and government best practices, and includes details on:

  • The different types of Government organisations in the UK?
  • What a ‘typical’ UK Government department look like?
  • The transformation process and budgetary cycles in UK government
  • Civil servants and grades
  • Best practices in government

This document may be useful for York colleagues looking to find out who and with what departments they should engage with in central government and will offer a steer for those at the stakeholder mapping stage of a policy engagement process.

Read the document: Overview of UK Government departments (MS PowerPoint , 521kb)

For any questions or queries about information in this document, please contact: type@york.ac.uk