Turning the Tables: the results

The twelve judges for The Westminster Hour's assessment of the 16 main departments of central government said none was excellent, but one was poor. Five were rated good, five fair and five weak.

• Excellent: None

• Good: Ministry of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development, Northern Ireland Office, HM Treasury (rated best)

• Fair: Cabinet Office/Prime Minister's Office, Department of Health, Lord Chancellor's Department, Department of Trade and Industry, Department for Work and Pensions

• Weak: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Department for Education and Skills, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Home Office

• Poor: Department for Transport

Our panel of experts had to judge the 16 ministries in four categories. Their votes were then totalled to produce the overall ratings, above. Here are the detailed results:

Turning the Tables: the results
	Delivery	Legislation	Management	Handling crises
Cabinet Office	Fair	N/A	Good	Fair
Culture	Weak	Fair	Weak	Poor
Defence	Good	Fair	Fair	Good
Education	Fair	Fair	Weak	Poor
Environment, Food and Rural	Weak	Weak	Weak	Poor
Foreign Office	Good	Good	Good	Good
Health	Weak	Fair	Fair	Fair
Home Office	Weak	Weak	Weak	Fair
International Development	Good	Good	Good	Good
Lord Chancellor's	Fair	Weak	Fair	Weak
Northern Ireland	Fair	Fair	Good	Good
Office Deputy PM	Weak	Fair	Weak	Weak
Trade and Industry	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair
Transport	Poor	Weak	Poor	Poor
Treasury	Good	Good	Good	Good
Work and Pensions	Fair	Weak	Fair	Weak