Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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| Formed | 5 June 2009 |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | 1, Victoria Street, London |
| Annual budget | £16.5 billion (current) & £1.3 billion (capital) for 2011-12 [1] |
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| Website | www.gov.uk/bis |
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The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).[2]
Ministers[edit]
The BIS Ministers are as follows:[3]
| Minister | Rank | Portfolio |
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| The Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid MP | Secretary of State President of the Board of Trade |
Overall responsibility |
| Anna Soubry MP | Minister of State | Business and Enterprise |
| Jo Johnson MP | Minister of State | Universities and Science |
| Ed Vaizey MP | Minister of State | Culture and the digital economy |
| The Rt. Hon Lord Maude of Horsham | Minister of State | Trade and investment |
| Nick Boles MP | Minister of State | Skills and Equalities |
| George Freeman MP | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Life sciences |
| Baroness Neville-Rolfe | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Intellectual property |
The Permanent Secretary is Martin Donnelly, following the departure of Simon Fraser CMG, on 26 August 2010.
Responsibilities[edit]
The department is responsible for UK Government policy in the following areas:[3]
- business regulation and support
- company law
- competition
- consumer affairs
- corporate governance
- employment relations
- export licensing
- further education
- higher education
- innovation
- insolvency
- intellectual property
- outer space
- postal affairs
- regional and local economic development
- science and research
- skills
- trade
- training
Some policies apply to England alone due to devolution, while others are not devolved and therefore apply to other nations of the United Kingdom.
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]
- telecommunications
- postal services
- intellectual property
- import and export control
- business associations
- insolvency
- competition
- customer protection
- product standards, safety and liability
- weights and measures
- research councils
- outer space
- time
The Scottish Government Economy and Education Directorates handle devolved economic and further and higher education policy respectively.
Northern Ireland
Reserved matters:[5]
- telecommunications
- postal services
- intellectual property
- import and export controls, external trade
- units of measurement
- consumer safety in relation to goods
Excepted matter:[6]
The department's main counterparts are:[7]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (general economic policy)
- Department for Employment and Learning (employment relations, further and higher education policy)
Wales
Under the Welsh devolution settlement, specific policy areas are transferred to the Welsh Government rather than reserved to Westminster.
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References[edit]
- ^ Budget 2011 (PDF). London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ Prime Minister's Office: Changes to the machinery of Government[dead link]
- ^ a b "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
- ^ "Scotland Act 1998, Schedule 5, Part II". Opsi.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3". Opsi.gov.uk. 1998-06-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 2". Opsi.gov.uk. 1998-06-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999". Opsi.gov.uk. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
External links[edit]
Precursor departments:
- Department for Business and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Archived Website
- Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) Archived Website
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