The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of a number of ministerial departments (usually headed by a Secretary of State) and non-ministerial departments headed by senior civil servants. ...

The department was first formed in 1970 with the merger of the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Technology, creating a new cabinet post of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. The new department also took over the Department of Employment's former responsibilities for monopolies and mergers. In January of 1974, the department's responsibilities for energy production were transferred to a newly created Department of Energy. Later the same year, following a Labour Party victory in the general election, the department was split into Department of Trade, Department of Industry and the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Board of Trade was a body the government of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions. ... The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was a short lived United Kingdom government department created by the incoming Labour government in 1974 when the functions of the Department of Trade and Industry were divided between three new departments; (the Department of Trade, the Department of Industry and the Department...

In 1983 the departments of Department of Trade and the Department of Industry were reunited. 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After the 2005 general election it was announced that the DTI would soon be renamed to the Department for Productivity, Energy and Industry. Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...

Ministers as of 7th May 2005 May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Secretary of State for Productivity, Energy and Industry The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP

The rest of the ministerial team will be announced shortly, presumably on Monday 9th May 2005. The Right Honourable Alan Arthur Johnson (born 17 May 1950) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Former ministerial team

• Secretary of State for Trade and Industry - The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP
  • Minister of State (E-commerce, Energy and Competitiveness) - Mike O'Brien MP
  • Minister of State (Trade) - Douglas Alexander MP
  • Minister of State and Deputy Minister for Women - Jacqui Smith MP
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary - Nigel Griffiths MP
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary - Gerry Sutcliffe MP
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary - Lord Sainsbury of Turville (unpaid)

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External links

• DTI's own history page (http://www.dti.gov.uk/history/default.htm)