Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Responsible for supporting the Deputy Prime Minister in the discharge of his responsibilities for the co-ordination of Government policy across the full range of domestic policy areas.
Contact information
- Address: 26 Whitehall,
London,
SW1A 2WH
- Website: to be announced
Parliamentary Branch
Ministerial Correspondence Section
- Telephone: 020 7944 8975
- Fax: 020 7944 8953
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Ministers
John Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State: The Rt Hon John Prescott MP
Responsibilities
Oversight and co-ordination of Government policy across the full range of domestic policy areas, including:
Chairmanship of nine Cabinet Committees:
- Domestic Affairs
- Public Health
- Housing and Planning
- Inspection
- Post Office Network
- Ageing Policy
- Local and Regional Government
- Local Government Strategy and Performance
- Animal Rights Activists
Active role as the Prime Minister's Deputy on seven Cabinet Committees
- Anti-Social Behaviour
- Asylum and Migration
- Energy and the Environment
- National Health Service reform
- Public Service Reform
- Schools Policy
- Serious Organised Crime and Drugs
The DPM has also been asked by the Prime Minister to:
- Work on improving the effectiveness of policy development across Government
- Chair the China Task Force
- Work with the Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for the Environment and other departments across Government on promoting the Government's post-Kyoto agenda
Private Office to John Prescott
