Government Office for the West Midlands
From SR
The Government Office for the West Midlands works to deliver, influence and develop government programmes and initiatives in the region on behalf of 10 Central Government Departments, by working with relevant organisations to meet local needs. It also act as ears, eyes and a local voice for Whitehall in the West Midlands, reflecting back to central government the interests, concerns and successes of the region to inform policy development.
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 (DoH)
- Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR)
- Department for Transport (DfT)
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Home Office
- Ministry of Justice
