The Civil Service helps the government of the day develop and implement its policies as effectively as possible. The Civil Service provides services directly to people all over the country, including: paying benefits and pensions running employment service running prisons issuing driving licences and passports We also have staff working on policy development and implementation, including analysts, project managers, lawyers and economists. 

As we’re accountable to the public we need to meet the highest possible standards in all that we do. We aim to have:

• integrity - putting the obligations of public service above personal interests

• honesty - being truthful and open

• objectivity - basing advice and decisions on rigorous analysis of the evidence

• impartiality - acting solely according to the merits of the case and serving governments of different political parties equally well

Examples of UK Civil Service Departments 

1.HMRC: 

 HM Revenue & Customs ( HMRC ) is a non-ministerial department; this makes it different from most other government departments, which work under the direct day-to-day control of a minister. The King appoints Commissioners of HMRC who have responsibility for handling individual taxpayers' affairs impartially. 

2. Met Office 

The Met Office (officially the Meteorological Office until 2000) is the United Kingdom's national weather service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and a member of the Public Data Group. 

3. Department for Education 

The Department for Education is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education. 

4. National Offender Management Service 

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales (separate arrangements exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland). 

5. Crown Commercial Service 

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is an executive agency and trading fund of the Cabinet Office of the UK Government. The CCS is responsible for improving government commercial and procurement activity. 

6. Department for Business, Innovation & Skills 

 The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is the department for economic growth. The department invests in skills and education to promote trade, boost innovation and help people to start and grow a business. BIS also protects consumers and reduces the impact of regulation. 

7. Home Office 

The Home Office (HO) is a ministerial department of His Majesty's Government, responsible for immigration, security, and law and order. As such it is responsible for the police, British Visas and Immigration, and the Security Service (MI5). 

8. Charity Commission 

The Charity Commission is the independent regulator for charities in England and Wales. Its overall mission is to ensure that charities work effectively amongst society for the benefit of the public. 

9. Central Office of Information 

The Central Office of Information (COI) was the UK government's marketing and communications agency. Its Chief Executive reported to the Minister for the Cabinet Office. 

10. HM Passport Office 

HM Passport Office is the sole issuer of UK passports and responsible for civil registration services through the General Register Office. 

11. Highways England 

Highways England is a government-owned company with responsibility for managing the core road network in England. 

12. Rural Payments Agency 

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 

13. Department for Work & Pensions 

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to over 22 million claimants and customers. 

14. Ministry of Defence 

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by His Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. 

15. Maritime & Coastguard Agency 

We work to prevent the loss of life on the coast and at sea. We produce legislation and guidance on maritime matters, and provide certification to seafarers. 

16. Food Standards Agency 

The Food Standards Agency is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food in interest. 

17. Department for Communities and Local Government 

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is the UK Government department for communities and local government in England. 

18.Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is the organisation of the UK government responsible for maintaining a database of drivers in Great Britain and a database of vehicles for the entire United Kingdom. 

19.Land Registry 

His Majesty's Land Registry created in 1862 to register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales. 

20. Ministry of Justice 

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is a ministerial department of the UK Government headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (a combined position). Its stated priorities are to reduce re-offending and protect the public, to provide access to justice, to increase confidence in the justice system, and uphold people's civil liberties 

21.Department of Health 

The Department of Health (DH) helps people to live better for longer. We lead, shape and fund health and care in England, making sure people have the support, care and treatment they need, with the compassion, respect and dignity they deserve. 

22.HM Courts & Tribunals Service 

The agency is responsible for the administration of the courts of England and Wales, the Probate Service and tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland 

23.Disclosure & Barring Service 

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). 

24.Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs 

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, ; agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 

25. Health and Safety Executive 

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the national independent watchdog for work related health, safety and illness. It acts in the public interest to reduce work-related death and serious injury across Great Britain's workplaces. 

26. Ordnance Survey 

Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain Notes 1) and is one of the world's largest producers of maps. Since 1 April 2015 it has operated as Ordnance Survey Ltd, a government-owned company, 100% in public ownership. 

27.UK Visas and Immigration 

(UKVI) is a division of the Home Office responsible for the UK visa system. UK Visas and Immigration is responsible for decisions about who can come to the UK and who can stay here.