A re-design of the Ministry of Magic in Harry Potter
Out of a long-standing frustration with the given Ministry of Magic in canon, I spent several months back in early 2020 (and after) making a redesign loosely based on the real-life UK government. Since I've lost any and all interest in creating new stories for Harry Potter as a whole, I don't have a use for this system anymore. So hereby you're very welcome to use anything under the cut for your own fiction. An attribution would be nice, but honestly, it's not necessary.
For clarity: this is the last non-fic post I will do regarding the HP franchise and JKR. I might change my mind, but I just want to wash my hands of this absolute shitshow already. All of it's been soured for me. I might finish the works I've started. Don't count on it.
A Semi-Functional Governing System for the Wizarding World:
Umbrella Office:
(Prime) Minister of Magic’s Office
Office of the Overseer of the Wizengamot [1]
Umbrella Board [2]
[Wizengamot Appointments Commission] [a]
Ministry Service Commission [3]
Ministerial Standards Authority [4]
Department of Magical Law Enforcement:
Office of the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement
Ministry Legal Advisory Department
Judicial Office [5]
College of Auror work
Independent Office for Auror Conduct
Auror Discipline Appeals Tribunal [6]
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority [7]
Improper Use of Magic Office
Magical Justice Department:
Wizengamot Courts and Tribunals Service
Wizengamot Administration Services
Justices of the Peace Advisory Committee [8]
Independent Case Examiner
Death Sentence Advisory Board
Advisory Panel on Deaths in Magical Custody
Azkaban Prison Service
Azkaban Inspectorate
Azkaban Services Pay Review Body
Insolvency Committee
Law Commission
Wizarding National and Foreign Relations Office:
British Office of the International Confederation of Wizards
British Wizarding Council [9]
International Magical Trading Standards Body
Wizarding National and Foreign Relations Trading Services
Ministry of Magical Defence:
Magical British Army recruitment operation
Statute of Secrecy Review Body
Office of the Overseer of Obliviators
College] of Lawful Obliviation
Obliviator Advisory Committee
Improper or Accidental Magic Reversal Department
Inspectorate of Obliviator and Magic Reversal Squad
MI5 Equivalent
Secret Intelligence Service
Department of Magical Health:
Medicinal Potions and Spells Regulatory Agency
Health Security [10]
Care Quality Commission [11]
Health Education Magical Britain
St. Mungo’s Counter Fraud Authority
St. Mungo’s Improvement
St. Mungo’s Pay Review Body
Department for Education:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Inspectorate
Magical Education and Skills Funding Agency [b]
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
Institute for Apprenticeships [12]
Muggle-born and -raised Study Fund
Department for Work, Business & Strategy:
Independent Business Registry
Copyright Tribunal
Ludicrous Patents Office [c]
Magical Rights, Regulations and Order Office:
Beast, Being and Spirit Rights and Regulation Commission
Muggle Protection and Welfare Bureau
Pest Advisory Bureau
Ministry of Housing and Communities:
Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Forestry and Magical Habitats Committee
Homes of Wizarding Britain
Architects Registration Board
Ward Approval Committee
Department for Culture, Media and Sport:
Wizarding Institute of Sport [13]
British and Irish Quidditch League Committee
Moving Arts Council Magical Britain [d]
Wizarding Wireless
The Daily Prophet [e]
Department for Magical Transport:
Hogwarts Railways
Floo Network Authority
Broom Regulatory Control
Portkey Office
International Portkey Office
Apparition Administration [14]
Magical Vehicle Standards Agency
Magical Britain’s Treasury: [f]
Actuary [15]
Currency Valuation Committee
Debt Management Office
Ministry Investments
Department of Mysteries:
Head Unspeakable Office
The National Magical Archives
Time Research Authority
The Veil Research Authority
Magical Properties Research Advisory Council
Prophecy Evaluation and Registration Committee
Notes:
House of Lords equivalent. There's no House of Commons.
A collection of the people who call the shots in the Ministry and their personnel, in order to collect ideas, consider recent events and progress constructively.
Service in this context refers to the work of a civil servant in service of the government.
Responsible for setting the level of and paying MPs’ annual salaries, paying the salaries of MPs' staff, drawing up, reviewing, and administering an MPs’ allowances scheme, providing MPs with publicly available information relating to taxation issues, and determining the procedures for investigations and complaints relating to MPs.
Provides training, legal and policy advice, human resources, communications and administrative support.
Hears appeals against the findings of internal disciplinary proceedings brought against members of the Aurors.
Deal with compensation claims from people who have been physically or mentally injured because they were the victim of a violent crime.
Appoints magistrates, AKA judges who deal mainly with minor offences and preliminary hearings. Could perhaps be sent out across the country to conduct local trials.
International organisation for promoting and building lasting relationships between Wizarding Britain and the rest of the Magical World. Separate from the ICW because the Council acts directly in Britain's best interest while the ICW acts in global best interest.
Specifically for protecting people from infectious outbreaks (like Dragonpox) and other health threats.
The people who ensure St. Mungo's healers and workers are trained and certified to be there.
Would approve and register (conventional and legal) apprenticeships.
Responsible for establishing rules and rulebooks for popular/established national and international sports such as Quidditch. Also responsible for inputting safety measures and procedures and working with the Department of Justice to ensure large public events related to sports are kept safe.
Responsible for overseeing (sending people to oversee) Apparition exams and handing out Apparition Licences.
Compiles and analyses statistics and uses them to calculate the financial costs of risks and uncertainty.
Addenda:
a. Perhaps not necessary, as Wizengamot seats appear to be inherited. However, it may be prudent in the case of a family dying out to have a selection process for 'reputable' families to fill the seat(s) left empty.
b. Applicable to Hogwarts, Apprenticeships, independent Masteries and more.
c. Optional, given the existence of an overarching copyright tribunal, in this case. But if you enjoy whimsy...
d. 'Moving arts' refers to magical/living paintings.
e. Upon the events in the books, in which it is clear the Ministry has a lot of control over this publication. I consider it Ministry-owned.
f. It's pretty self-evident the treasury would (at least) be partially managed by Gringotts and the goblins.
Uhh yeah that's it. Hope this helps someone! Again, feel free to use it, I'm not doing anything with it and mi casa es su casa. etc.
