DEFINITION OF CENTRAL AGENCIES
Central agencies are bureaucratic structures which perform functions thought to be crucial to the common interests of government departments. Central agencies take the lead in or contribute greatly to the performance by coordinating the development of related policies between departments, developing policies which various departments must follow and monitoring the implementation of policies.
Widely recognized that senior officials in central agencies play roles in the policy process that pose serious questions about their accountability to Parliament. More directly, several circumstances surrounding central agents position in