Department of the Cabinet Office
11 March 1968 – 12 March 1971
Department of State that serviced the Cabinet and its committees (agenda, minutes, decisions and Cabinet records), kept separate from the Prime Minister's Department under John Gorton.
How it came into existence
Created on 11 March 1968 by Prime Minister John Gorton, who moved the Cabinet secretariat out of the Prime Minister's Department into a separate department headed by Sir John Bunting, until then secretary of the Prime Minister's Department; Lenox Hewitt became head of the Prime Minister's Department.
- Cabinet secretariat and servicing of Cabinet and its committees
How it ended
Merged with the Prime Minister's Department on 12 March 1971, soon after William McMahon became Prime Minister, to form the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, with Bunting as its secretary.
- Cabinet secretariat
Main functions
- Cabinet secretariat
- Cabinet agenda, minutes and records of decisions
- Servicing of Cabinet committees
- Custody of Cabinet documents
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Sources
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