Department of Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Welsh: Yr Adran Fusnes, Arloesi a Sgiliau

Department overview
Formed	5 June 2009
Preceding Department	Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Dissolved	14 July 2016
Superseding agency	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Department for International Trade
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	1, Victoria Street, London
Annual budget	£16.5 billion (current) and £1.3 billion (capital) for 2011-12
Child agencies	Companies House HM Land Registry Insolvency Service Intellectual Property Office Met Office National Measurement and Regulation Office Skills Funding Agency UK Space Agency
Website	www.gov.uk/bis

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). It was disbanded on the creation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 14 July 2016.

Following the department's dissolution, it no longer has ministers responsible.

The Permanent Secretary was Sir Martin Donnelly.

The department was responsible for UK Government policy in the following areas:

Some policies apply to England alone due to devolution, while others are not devolved and therefore apply to other nations of the United Kingdom.

2011 British Hajj Consular Delegation launch

Economic policy is mostly devolved but several important policy areas are reserved to Westminster. Further and higher education policy is mostly devolved. Reserved and excepted matters are outlined below.

Scotland

Reserved matters:

The Scottish Government Economy and Education Directorates handle devolved economic and further and higher education policy respectively.

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