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Departments manage budgets and administer policy for social and economic matters. Initially ten Government Departments were established to administer government responsibility for those matters that were devolved from Westminster. However on 12 April 2010 this number was increased to eleven with the establishment of the Department of Justice. In 2016 the number of departments was reduced to nine.
Departments, Ministers, and Areas of Responsibility
List of Departments with information on areas of responsibility 2016-2021
List of Departments with information on areas of responsibility 2007-2011
List of Departments with information on areas of responsibility 1998-2002
CAIN contains information and source material on the conflict and politics in Northern Ireland.
CAIN is based within Ulster University.