8. Most Ministries of the United Kingdom government are called departments. Match the names of the departments (1-13) below with their responsibilities (a-m).
1. Department for Education and Skills (DES); 2. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEFRA); 3. Department for Culture, Media and Sport; 4. Department for International Development (DFID); 5. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); 6. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); 7. Department of Health; 8. Lord Chancellor's Department; 9. Home Office; 10. Ministry of Defence; 11. Department of Social Security (DSS); 12. Foreign and Commonwealth Office; 13. Treasury.
A. responsible for the UK's armed forces; B. responsible for supporting the arts, tourism, sport etc, and for making rules about newspapers and broadcasting in the UK; C. controls the money that the country collects and spends; D. in charge of the National Health Service and social services to the elderly, children, mentally ill and others in need, decisions on spending in these areas are made by local authorities; E. responsible for paying regular amounts of money from the state to people who are retired, ill or very poor, or who have young children; F. responsible for plans for new roads and buildings, the protection of the countryside and old buildings, the quality of the air and water, the government policy on farming and the countryside; G. deals with keeping order in the country, controlling who enters the country etc; H. responsible for paying various types of benefit and for government policy on employment; I. responsible for the UK's education system and for organizing training programmes for unemployed etc; J. deals with writing laws, representing the government in a court of law, doing criminal investigations; K. gives help to poorer countries by sending money, food, equipment, etc; L. responsible for international relations; M. responsible for trade policy, research and development in industry, and company law.
9. Senior ministers in Her Majesty's Government are mostly called the Secretaries of State, each of whom is assisted by several Ministers of State and Parliamentary Undersecretaries of State (junior ministers). Match the ministers (A-N) with the pictures (1-14).
A. Secretary of State for Health; B. Home Secretary; C. Secretary of State for Defence; D. Lord Chancellor; E. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; F. Minister without Portfolio; G. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; H. Chancellor of the Exchequer; I. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; J. Foreign Secretary; K. Secretary of State for International Development; L. Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; M. Secretary of State for Education and Skills; N. Secretary of State for Social Security.
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10. As a government officer responsible for community connections you have received a letter from a US journalist, James Fond, requesting information on the British central and local governments. Write a letter in reply using the information in this part of the Lesson and any other available. Study the explanations and a sample letter given below first.