“…The decision of this court in Carltona Limited v Commissioners of Works [1943] 2 All ER 560 (“Carltona”) established the principle that functions given to government ministers can be exercised on their behalf by responsible officials of the government…”
“… for drafting the policy statement, and are simply required to follow and apply it. As a matter of the Carltona doctrine (Carltona Ltd v Commissioners of Works [1943] 2 All ER 560), in constitutional theory in domestic law the decisions of the Secretary of State’s officials count as his. But such a principle of domestic law does not gove…”