Read and translate the text. Important Government Departments

Vocabulary

Important Government Departments

Non-ministerial departments

Ministerial departments

See the list of some British Ministries and Departments. Choose one of them and make a presentation about it and about its head as if you were he or she. Start with introducing this person (name, age, education, current occupation, party he or she belongs to, marital status, hobby).

• Attorney General's Office

• Cabinet Office

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

• Department for Education

• Department for Transport

• Department of Energy and Climate Change

• Department of Health

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• Her Majesty's Treasury

• Home Office

• Ministry of Defence

• Ministry of Justice

• Food Standards Agency

• Forestry Commission

• Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

• National Crime Agency

• Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills

• Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

• Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

• Office of Rail Regulation

• Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

• The National Archives

• UK Trade HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Trade_%26_Investment"&HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Trade_%26_Investment" Investment

• Water Services Regulation Authority

1. Remember the following words and read them correctly: foreign, Commonwealth, prestigious, Chancellor of the Exchequer, civil servants, Treasury, finance policy, agency, issues, headquarters.

Cabinet Office	Секретариат Кабинета Министров
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	Министерство иностранных дел
Foreign Secretary [’fɔ:rɪn]	Министр иностранных дел
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Министр финансов
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [ əˈfeə]	постоянный заместитель министра иностранных дел
Combined Online Information System	смешенная онлайн информационная система
Home Office	Министерство Внутренних Дел
Home Secretary	Министр Внутренних Дел
UK Border Agency	пограничное агентство Великобритании
Security Service	служба безопасности

The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments. It currently has just over 2,000 staff, most of whom work in Whitehall. Staff working in the Prime Minister's Office are part of the Cabinet Office.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), commonly called the Foreign Office is a department of the United Kingdom government. It is responsible for protecting and promoting UK interests abroad. It was created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.

The head of the FCO is the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs or "Foreign Secretary" (currently William Hague). This position is one of the four most prestigious appointments in the Cabinet, together with those of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. Together with the Prime Minister, these are the Great Offices of State.

The FCO is managed from day-to-day by a civil servant, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who also acts as the Head of the Diplomatic Service. This position has been held by Simon Fraser since late August 2010.

Her Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), or informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's finance policy and economic policy. The Treasury maintains the Combined Online Information System (COINS) containing a detailed analysis of departmental spending.

The Home Office is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security, and law and order. It is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service (MI5). It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs, counter-terrorism, and ID cards.

It continues to be known, especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament, as the Home Department.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by the Her Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

The MOD's principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability.

3.Give English equivalents to the Russian words and phrases: координировать распределение задач по министерствам, защита и продвижение интересов, престижное назначение, разрабатывать и выполнять финансовую политику, затраты министерства, вопросы, связанные с безопасностью, контртерроризм, осуществлять политику по обороне, укреплять спокойствие и стабильность в мире.

4.Name the ministry according to its functions:

- is responsible for immigration, security, and law and order;

- is responsible for developing and executing the British government's finance policy and economic policy;

- is responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom;

- is responsible for protecting and promoting UK interests abroad.

What do different ministries deal with according to their names?

5.Find in the text the abbreviations for some departments. What abbreviations are used for the same departments in your country?

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