Government Offices: Structures and Roles

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Government Offices Structures and Roles
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Role of GOs

• Government Offices overall purpose is to work
  with national, regional and local partners to
  deliver central Governments aims in the region
• to achieve high and stable levels of growth and
  employment,
• to build a safe, inclusive and prosperous society
  that can develop in a sustainable way.

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GOs represent ten central Government Departments

• Department for Education and Skills
• Department of Health
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Department of Trade and Industry
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural
  Affairs
• Home Office
• The Cabinet Office
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Transport

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New Government Office Objectives, Roles and
Functions
Diagram taken from Review of Government Offices
March 2006, Office for the Deputy Prime Minister,
hm-treasury.gov.uk
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As far as the GO Children and Learners function
is concerned, the DfES has identified four high
level roles

• driving implementation of strategic change and
  new policy directions
• ensuring effective management of programmes
• supporting performance improvement
• providing regional input to national policies and
  developing policies.

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Regional Priorities for Children and Learners
Policy Team

• Teenage Pregnancy
• Obesity
• Looked After Children
• Special Education Needs
• Attendance and Behaviour Exclusions
• Attainment
• Young People in NEET
• 14-19 Post-16 Progression
• Developing the infrastructure to support children
  and young people

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Regional Director Jane Todd Deputy Regional
Director Roger Poole
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