21.   The Home Office is the government department responsible for prisons.

22.   The immediate source of the Bill will almost invariably be a government department.

23.   The office was to be separated by a party wall from other government departments.

24.   The report of the committee enunciated that whereas tribunals were not courts of law, neither were they appendages of government departments.

25.   The research will be used by government departments and other public bodies.

26.   The selection criteria of children is laid down by the government department appropriate to education and health.

27.   This week, for example, the permanent secretaries of all government departments will meet to discuss best practice in procurement.

28.   Yet in spite of all this, a Treasury paper was circulated which sought further public spending cuts that would affect every government department.

29.   These cases point up the complete incompetence of some government departments.

30.   Every government department has its own particular culture.