Government Office for the South East
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Roles
The Government Office for the South East represents central government in the region and its role is to promote better and more effective integration of Government policies and programmes at a regional and local level.
The South East stretches from Kent and East Sussex in the east to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the south; West Berkshire in the west and Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Vale in the north.
They aim to release the potential of the South East – so that it is the most prosperous region of the country, delivering a high quality of life and environment for everyone.
As the representative of central government in the region their role is to promote better and more effective integration of Government policies and programmes at a regional and local level.
They set out to help increase prosperity in the South East in a more geographically sensitive way than is often possible at a national level. They do this by supporting regional policies, helping to influence policy development among the departments they represent, and by working in partnership with local organisations in communities throughout the region, including local authorities, Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships and Local Strategic Partnerships. They aim to ensure that Government policy in the region works.
Departments
They government departments represented are:
- Cabinet Office
- Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
- 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 (DH)
- Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR)
- Department for Transport (DfT)
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Home Office
- Ministry of Justice
