Over the past year we have held external stakeholder engagement events with representatives from a breadth of sectors. We spoke to businesses, public bodies, educational institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups. Events have taken place in regions across the UK in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These stakeholder events form part of a larger programme of engagement, which includes our public consultation which we intend to publish shortly. To date we have held 22 engagement events which are listed below: Four events in Belfast Bristol Four events in Cardiff Coventry Derry Londonderry Dundee Two events in Edinburgh Gateshead Glasgow Huddersfield London Loughborough Norwich Preston Truro We are also continuing to engage with stakeholders across all four nations including events in St Asaph, Edinburgh and Inverness in the next month.