What a carve-up! | Features

Who does what?
Government body	Responsibilities	Secretary of state
DTI	Construction, M&E services, engineering, dispute resolution, sponsorship of nCRISP, Constructionline and CIPER	Patricia Hewitt
ODPM	Building regulation and control, surveying, structural engineering, housing, plumbing, planning, regeneration, local government, sustainable communities, architects’ registration	John Prescott
DEFRA	Sustainability, waste and recycling, landscape	Margaret Beckett
HM Treasury/OGC	Procurement	Gordon Brown
DCMS	Architecture (but not registration), sponsorship of Cabe	Tessa Jowell
DfES	Skills and training, sponsorship of sector, skills councils	Charles Clarke
DWP	Sponsorship of Health and Safety Executive	Alan Johnson
Transport	Civil engineering, highways and transportation	Alistair Darling