Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand)
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| Formed | 1990 |
| Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
| Headquarters | Level 8, Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington WELLINGTON 6011 41°16′40″S 174°46′36″E / 41.277899°S 174.776714°E |
| Annual budget |
Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet Total budget for 2016/17  $77,442,000 |
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| Website | www |
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) (Māori: Te Tari o te Pirimia me te Rūnanga Kāwanatanga) is the central public service department of New Zealand charged with providing support and advice to the Governor-General, the Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet of New Zealand. The Department is also charged with centrally leading New Zealand's "national security planning, which includes civil defence."
The Department's overall area of responsibility is in helping to provide, at an administrative level, the "constitutional and institutional glue" within New Zealand's parliamentary democracy.
The Department along with the State Services Commission, and The Treasury constitute the central agencies or public service departments leading the state sector of New Zealand.
The Department serves the Executive branch of government (the Governor-General, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet) through the provision of impartial advice and support services.
In addition to serving the Executive, a major role of the department is to help co-ordinate the work of the core public service departments and ministries.
The department supports the Prime Minister's twin roles as leader of the government and chair of Cabinet, and provides three kinds of direct support to the Prime Minister:
The department also supports the Governor-General of New Zealand in carrying out his or her functions to represent Her Majesty the Queen of New Zealand.
The department formally came into existence on 1 January 1990, as a result of a report which recommended establishing structures to provide two separate streams of advice to the Prime Minister; one, a new Government department to supply impartial advice and support to the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), and another, a Prime Minister's Private Office (which is not part of DPMC), to provide personal support and media services, and advice of a party political nature.
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