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The Executive Branch - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Different Prime Ministers make different decisions regarding the numbers and types of committees.
        
        Theresa May had 5 committees and 9 sub-committees.
        
        Boris Johnson had 14 committees and 1 sub-committee.
    - - They can be very controversial, as seen under Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, as decisions are often made without the consent of the Cabinet.
  - - - Manages all financial and economic matters.
    - - Manages crime, immigration, fire, police and drugs.
    - - Responsible for the functioning and independence of the courts, prison and probation services.
    - - Provides legal guidance to the government.
    - - Arranges government business in their respective house.
    - - Manages the royal estates and co-ordinates policy with the PM.
  - - - The Prime Minister (as head of the cabinet)
      - The work of the Cabinet
      - Cabinet Committees
      - Civil Service
        
        Crown employees who provide administrative and professional support to the government.
        
        They are co-ordinated and managed by the PM
        
        The cabinet secretary is the most senior post, and runs the cabinet office
        
        Civil servants are permanent employees, unlike ministers
        
        They also have to be impartial
        
        They are largely anonymous and accountable to ministers
        
        Cabinet Ministers can typically appoint up to 2 Special Advisors
        
        Special advisors are partisan and temporary, loyal to the government in charge
        
        Can give political advice and influence decisions.
    - - Timetables meetings
      - Writes agendas
      - Circulates minutes
      - Writes briefings
      - Ensures ministers are prepped for meetings
    - - Coordinating inter-parliamentary policies
      - Resolves inter-parliamentary disputes
- - - - Administrative work- ensures that all appropriate paperwork is accounted for and that the PM is briefed before any meetings.
    - - Gives the Prime Minister independent policy advise and monitors the work of the other departments.
    - - Handles media relations and announcements.
    - - Manages links with the parliamentary and national party, keeping them informed and onside.
- - - - Secretary of State
        
        Ministers of State
        
        Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State
      - Parliamentary Private Secretaries
        
        Unpaid advisors
        
        As part of the "payroll vote" they must vote with the government
- - - - Such as the Standards and Testing Agency
      - Legally part of a department, with separate management
    - - Establsihed by departments, but legally separate
      - Such as the Student Loan Company
    - - Headed by civil servants and board members, not ministers
      - For example, Ofsted