Department Of Trade And Industry

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 UK 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 .

In 1983 the departments of Department of Trade and the Department of Industry were reunited. The Department of Energy was re-merged back into the DTI in 1992 , but various media-related functions transferred to the Department For National Heritage .

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United Kingdom Trade And Investment forms a part of the department.

MINISTERS AT DTI

Ministers as of May 9 2005

PERMANENT SECRETARY

Sir Brian Bender has been Permanent Secretary since 2005. He was previously Permanent Secretary at DEFRA .

TRIVIA

In the magazine Private Eye , the department is routinely referred to as ''The Department of Timidity and Inaction''.

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