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Executive Agency| Any one of a number of UK government agencies set up from the later 1980s by the Conservative administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major as part of a ‘Next Steps’ initiative designed to improve efficiency and quality in the delivery of government services. |
| By September 1997 there were more than 136 Executive Agencies, along with 51 Executive Offices within the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise, in which around 360,000 civil servants, over three-quarters of the total, are employed. Next Steps agencies include the Meteorological Office, the Prisons Service, the Benefits Agency, the Employment Service, and the Child Support Agency. |
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