| Abstract: | The last fifteen years have seen great changes in the machinery of government, and the birth and death of many Ministries. Some of this experience has value for the future; and the purpose of this paper is to look back at the Ministry of Technology, or “Mintech” as it was called from the start, It was one of four new Ministries (or five, including the Welsh Office) created by Mr. Harold Wilson in October 1964; and it had a six-year run until its absorption into the new Department of Trade and Inustry in October 1970. In Part I, a historical review is made of the developments of organization and structure of the department throughout this period. |
