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Prosperous Places: Taking forward the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration

The consultation on taking forward key Sub National Review recommendations is now open and will close on 20 June 2008. To participate, please consider the questions included in the consultation document and let us have your views.

For an electronic copy of the consultation document please click on the link below:

Prosperous places: taking forward the review of sub-national economic development and regeneration (490KB)

For ease, you are encouraged to submit your response electronically via the link below that will take you to the SNR e-consultation website.

SNR e-consultation website

In addition, three research papers which support the SNR have been made available to coincide with the publication of the consultation document. These can be found under External links on the right of the page.

During the consultation period, Government is keen to engage directly with key stakeholders and interested parties in the region. To this end the Government Office in each of the regions is holding an event to hear invited stakeholders' views first hand. An event has already been held in the North East on 7 April, further events are being arranged by the Government Offices for the following regions:

Background:

Review of sub-national economic development and regeneration

On 17 July 2007, the Government published its review of sub-national economic development and regeneration (sometimes referred to as the sub-national review or SNR). The review focused on how to strengthen economic performance in regions, cities and localities throughout the country, as well as tackling persistent pockets of deprivation where they remained.

The sub-national review was based upon the principles of managing policy at the right spatial level, ensuring clarity of objectives, and enabling places to reach their potential. In line with these principles, its final report outlined the Government’s plans to refocus both powers and responsibilities below the national level to support its objectives to encourage economic growth and tackle deprivation at every level, by:

• empowering all local authorities to promote economic development and neighbourhood renewal;
• supporting local authorities to work together at the sub-regional level;
• strengthening the regional tier; and
• reforming central government’s relations with regions and localities.

Its recommendations ranged across a number of policy areas and a cross-Government programme has been established to manage their implementation with BERR and the Department for Communities and Local Government jointly responsible.