Mr. McAllisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what specific tasks and objectives each senior regional director and staff member of Government offices for the regions have been and will be set for the years ending 31 March 1995 to 31 March 1996.
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe Government have given the Government offices for the regions the role of working in partnership with local people to maximise the competitiveness, prosperity and quality of life of each region. The central objectives of the offices are to:
- Meet the operational requirements of Departments and Ministers
- Contribute local views and experience to the formation and communication of Government policy
- Promote a coherent approach to competitiveness, sustainable economic development and regeneration using public and private resources and through the exercise of its statutory responsibilities.
- Develop the skills of staff and methods of working to achieve these objectives and to demonstrate their success in doing so
- Develop partnerships with and between all the local interests to promote and secure these objectives
- Provide a single point of contact for local people and deliver high quality services on citizens charter principles.
Detailed objectives for the offices for 1995–96 will be set out in GO-MINIS management planning documents which will be published in the spring.