Agency management
Every year the Government takes a decision on the preconditions for agencies' operations. This is effected on the one hand through what are known as appropriation directions and, on the other, through Ordinances.
The work of producing appropriation directions and Ordinances is carried out by officials in the Government Offices. The appropriation directions establish the objectives to be achieved by the agency, the amount of money at its disposal and how the money is to be distributed between the agency's different activities.
In many other countries an individual minister has the power to intervene directly in the day-to-day operations of government agencies. In Sweden such 'ministerial control' is prohibited. Suspected cases of unlawful ministerial interference are dealt with by the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution.
Examples: Migration Board, Police Service, Tax Agency
