The Tasking Framework describes the Government Office objectives for 2007-08, the outcomes sought by Departments to help deliver Public Service Agreements and how the Network will work with its partners to deliver those outcomes.
This will entail:
- Ensuring high quality local services by negotiating Local Area Agreements.
- Supporting regional strategies and plans (including sub and cross-regional plans) and associated programmes.
- Supporting places by fostering relationships with local and regional partners and working with them to achieve high quality outcomes.
- Influencing Government policy development and the design of delivery programmes.
- Overseeing arrangements for contingency planning, resilience and community cohesion.
This should give greater clarity and accountability for Government Offices and for Departments. This was one of the key recommendations of both the Review of Government Offices (2006) and the Communities and Local Government Select Committee in its recent report on the future of regional government.
