Home Civil Service

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civil service government organisation

The Home Civil Service is the permanent, politically neutral body of officials who support the UK government in developing and implementing policy and delivering public services.

Aliases (7)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil service → government organisation →
advisedBy	Cabinet Secretary → Head of the Civil Service →
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom →
coexistsWith	Northern Ireland Civil Service →
country	United Kingdom →
employs	civil servants →
excludes	armed forces → devolved administration civil services where separate → diplomatic service → local government staff → police services →
governs	civil servants in the UK central government →
hasCharacteristic	impartial → merit-based recruitment → non-partisan → permanent bureaucracy → politically neutral →
hasCode	Civil Service Code → Civil Service Management Code →
hasPosition	Administrative Officer → Director General → Permanent Secretary → Senior Civil Servant →
hasPrinciple	honesty → impartiality → integrity → objectivity →
hasSubOrganization	UK government departments → executive agencies → non-ministerial departments →
language	English →
legalBasis	Civil Service Order in Council → Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 →
overseenBy	Cabinet Office → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
partOf	Government of the United Kingdom → public sector of the United Kingdom →
purpose	deliver public services → provide continuity between governments → support the UK government in developing policy → support the UK government in implementing policy →
regulatedBy	Civil Service Commission →
responsibleFor	delivery of many frontline public services → implementation of government programmes → policy advice to ministers →
scope	Great Britain →
sector	public administration →
worksWith	ministers of the Crown →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Commonwealth Relations Office ("British civil service") → Crown Commercial Service ("UK Civil Service") → Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ("British civil service") → Government Communications Service ("UK Civil Service") → Government Digital Service ("UK Civil Service") → Head of the Civil Service ("UK Civil Service") → Home Office Permanent Secretary ("UK Civil Service") → Infrastructure and Projects Authority ("UK Civil Service") → Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office ("UK Civil Service") → Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War ("British civil service") → Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister ("UK Civil Service") → Propriety and Ethics Team ("UK Civil Service") → Secretary at War ("British civil service") → Treasury of the United Kingdom ("UK Civil Service") →	partOf
Number 10 Policy Unit ("UK Civil Service") → Permanent Secretary to the Treasury ("UK Civil Service") → Saxon Sydney-Turner ("British Civil Service") →	employer
Cabinet Office ("Civil Service of the United Kingdom") → Minister for the Civil Service ("British Civil Service") → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ("Civil Service of the United Kingdom") →	oversees
His Majesty’s Government ("UK civil service") → Minister for the Civil Service →	employerOf
HMG ("Civil Service") →	advisedBy
Civil Service Code ("UK Home Civil Service") →	appliesTo
Whitehall ("British civil service") →	associatedWith
His Majesty’s Government →	hasBranch
Civil Service Commission ("UK Civil Service") →	jurisdiction
Diplomatic Service →	relatedTo
Whitehall ("British civil service") →	usedAsMetonymFor
Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street) ("UK civil service") →	usedBy
Northern Ireland Civil Service ("UK Civil Service") →	worksWith