Government Office for the East of England
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The Government Office for the East of England covers Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. They bring together into a single operation the varied regional activities of a range of Government departments with the aim of making the region a better place to live and work in.
Government Offices are part of the Department for Communities and Local Government, which covers regional and urban policy, local government, planning, housing and regeneration.
The Office joins up the work of eleven Central Government Departments across the East of England, and feeds back the region's views and unique needs to Whitehall.
Other departments with a stake in Government Offices are the:
- Cabinet Office
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
- Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Department of Health (DoH)
- Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR)
- Department for Transport (DfT)
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Home Office
- Ministry of Justice
Government Offices function from the heart of Government. As Government's eyes and ears in the region they communicate messages and ensure an East of England input to the policy-making process at the centre. They work with a range of regional and local bodies, including local authorities, businesses, local education authorities, voluntary organisations, the health service, and local people to help create sustainable communities and to maximise competitiveness and prosperity in the region.
