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The Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship, often abbreviated to DoSAC, is a department in Her Majesty's Government in which the majority of the show is set in. It was previously named the Department of Social Affairs or DoSA.
Responsibilities[]
With the addition of "and Citizenship" to the title, the department essentially becomes a "super department" dealing with many cases that other more important offices don't want to be burdened with. Throughout the series this has included matters involving: immigration, citizenship, data from the previous years and social cases.
During Episode 2.2, the recent Cabinet reshuffle saw several White Hall departments unload unwanted responsibilites and roles onto DoSAC during the absence of Secretary of State Hugh Abbot (who was on holiday) and because of the general vagueness of what Citizenship actually entails. Inherited responsibilities included cutting pensions to the Gurkas, "rejigging" protocols related to potential rabies epidemics, and "everything to do with the Isle of Man".
Structure[]
The senior head of the department is the Secretary of State for Social Affairs and Citizenship (previously just the Secretary of State for Social Affairs). The junior head of the department is the Minister of State for Social Affairs and Citizenship. The rest of the staff comprises of various civilian advisors, and regular staff from the Civil Service.
Staff[]
Current[]
- Peter Mannion, Secretary of State (Series 4)
- Fergus Williams, Minister of State for Social Affairs (Series 4)
- Terri Coverley, Director of Communications (Series 4)
- Robyn Murdoch, Senior Press Officer (Series 4)
- Phil Smith, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State (Series 4)
- Emma Messinger, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State (Series 4)
- Adam Kenyon, Special Adviser to the Minister of State (Series 4)
- Mary Drake, Chief Whip to the Secretary (Ep 4.7 onward)
- Kelly Peters, Civil Servant
- Phil Davis, Civil Servant
Former[]
- Nicola Murray, Secretary of State (Series 3)
- Doug Hayes, Secretary of State for DoSAC, Declined (Episode 3.1)
- Hugh Abbot, Secretary of State (Series 1-2, Specials)
- Cliff Lawton, Secretary of State (Episode 1.1)
- Ben Swain, Minister of State (Specials)
- Dan Miller, Minister of State (Series 1)
- Terri Coverley, Senior Press Officer (Series 1-3, Specials)
- Robyn Murdoch, Junior Press Officer (Series 2-3)
- Ollie Reeder, Special Advisor/Junior Policy Advisor (Series 1-3)
- Glenn Cullen, Senior Special Adviser/Special Adviser/Fourth Sector Guru (Series 1-4)
- Andrew, Civil Servant (Series 3)
Locations[]
In Series 1, the Department for Social Affairs is located in a small unnamed White Hall building.
After the reshuffle and renaming of the department in Episode 2.1, DoSAC is relocated to larger, more modern PFI built offices, which it shares with several other government departments. The previous building is then occupied by the AIU.