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The Main Regional Bodies
Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber
What is GOYH?
One of the nine regional offices co-ordinating the work of Government departments in England, established in 1994.
GOYH’s staff work with:
- Yorkshire Forward
- Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
- Local authorities
- The voluntary and community sectors
- A range of other public agencies across the criminal justice system, transport, rural, environmental, housing and cultural interests, learning and skills
- Business and commerce
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What does GOYH do?
GOYH provides the mechanism for delivery of a range of Government services and programmes.
GOYH brings together the regional presence of 11 Government Departments:
- Cabinet Office
- Department of Culture Media and Sport
- Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department of Health
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- Department for Transport
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Home Office
- Department for Communities and Local Government
- Ministry of Justice
They aim to deliver thriving and sustainable communities across the region by working in partnership, ensuring effective delivery of Government programmes and informing policy development to:
- Improve the economy
- Improve the quality of life of all those who live or work in the region, and the quality of experience for those who visit
- Protect and improve the natural and built environment
What's New—all the latest from the GOYH website
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"GOYH seeks to support and improve the way government works in the region so that the economic, social and environmental needs of the region, and of local communitites are met more effectively."
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