Government Offices make a regional contribution to the Government’s aim to build a safe, just and tolerant society, protect the public and ensure the balance between the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities is properly maintained. Government Offices also deliver the four key themes of the National Drug Strategy.
More information on the national picture
The Government’s policies include:
We work closely with the Government, mainly the Home Office, Ministry of
Justice and Communities and Local Government and with organisations
responsible for implementing its policies in the region, including:
- local partnerships (mainly Community safety partnerships and drugs
action teams)
- National Offender Management Service (prisons and probation services)
- local authorities
- Association of North East Councils
- police forces
- Youth Justice Board
- youth offending teams
- National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
- domestic violence and drugs projects.
We provide a link between the Government and these organisations by:
- giving advice, sharing information and ensuring that the local
organisations implement government policies consistently across the region
in various ways, including organising regional meetings and events and
developing regional strategies
- distributing government funding to help the organisations develop and
implement projects in the North East.
Projects include:
We also represent the views of our localities back to the Government, so
that national policy reflects local priorities.
