Central Government & Quangos contact database in the UK (government contact data, 9k records)

The main Departments of Government such as Defence, Health and the Cabinet Office), their respective sponsored Executive Agencies (such as the Environment Agency and Companies House), other Public Offices and a wide range of other national Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), also commonly known as QUANGOS. The devolved Governments (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) are also included and split into their respective Departments. Organisations concerned with Law and Criminal Justice are listed as separate organisations types to make selection easier. Courts - England and Wales has a unified court service, in which Her Majestys Court Service manages all local courts, including Crown, County and Magistrates Courts. Magistrates Courts provide the first level of judicial court dealing with the vast majority of offences. Crown Courts handle the most serious criminal offences; County Courts with civil cases. Scotland has Sheriff & District Courts and Northern Ireland has Petty Sessions The Probation Service - this deals with the rehabilitation of ex-offenders, and the supervision of Community Service. In Scotland the nearest equivalent is the Criminal Justice Service, which is part of each local authorities social services set-up. Details of Criminal Justice Service Managers can be found in the Local Government Database The Prison Service - this deals with offenders serving custodial sentences; the structure is similar throughout the UK. Local QUANGOS primarily concerned with Employment, Regeneration, Training and Business, such as Business Links, Chambers of Commerce and Enterprise Agencies. Although many of these are primarily privately funded by their members they are included because they are often involved in publicly funded local training and enterprise initiatives. With the exception of the QUANGOSs, the contacts listed with the Central Government database are Civil Servants. They implement the policies determined by elected Members of Parliament and feed-back information and advice. The Civil Service has no political bias and is unaffected by elections or ministerial changes. The total workforce represents approximately 10% of the workforce within the Public Sector.

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该数据集收录了英国中央政府和准政府机构（QUANGOS）的联系信息，涵盖主要政府部门、执行机构、非部门公共机构以及苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的下放政府，还包括法律、法院、缓刑和监狱服务等相关组织。联系人主要为公务员，负责政策实施和信息反馈，且该数据集覆盖了约10%的公共部门劳动力。