Government of the United Kingdom

central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Organization government Q6063
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Government of the United Kingdom

Summary

Government of the United Kingdom is a government[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,510 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Government of the United Kingdom was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[3].
  • Government of the United Kingdom is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's instance of is recorded as government[5].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's headquarters location is recorded as 10 Downing Street[6].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's child organization or unit is recorded as Department for Education[7].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's child organization or unit is recorded as Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office[8].
  • Government of the United Kingdom is part of executive branch[9].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's Commons category is recorded as Members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom[10].
  • Government of the United Kingdom comprises Cabinet of the United Kingdom[11].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's official website is recorded as https://gov.uk/[12].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Government of the United Kingdom[13].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "His Majesty's Government"}[15].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Her Majesty's Government"}[16].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's Commons Institution page is recorded as Government of UK[17].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as British Waterways[18].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as Chequers[19].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as Chevening[20].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as The London Gazette[21].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as Lancaster House[22].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as Network Rail[23].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as Post Office Limited[24].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as British Gazette[25].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as Sellafield Ltd[26].
  • Government of the United Kingdom's owner of is recorded as Q5227103[27].

Body

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': "His Majesty's Government"}[15] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Her Majesty's Government"}[16]. Government of the United Kingdom is part of executive branch[9].

Operations

Government of the United Kingdom's headquarters location is recorded as 10 Downing Street[6]. Subsidiaries include Department for Education[7], a department of the United Kingdom Government[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 2010[30], headquartered in London[31] and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office[8], a department of the United Kingdom Government[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1968[34], headquartered in Foreign Office building[35].

Why It Matters

Government of the United Kingdom ranks in the top 1% of government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,510 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · DankJae · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of Q7188
    Part of executive branch
    Child organization or unit Department for Education, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
    Has part(s) Cabinet of the United Kingdom
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1001]]: [[Q46395]]"
  2. 10d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://gov.uk/
    Instance of
    Member of World Wide Web Consortium
    Part of
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q16334295]]"
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