Memorandum submitted by Yorkshire Forward
Thank you for the invitation to submit evidence
to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into Regional Productivity.
Raising regional productivity both in absolute and relative terms
is a key issue within the Yorkshire & Humber region, and is
a subject to which the region has already devoted considerable
attention.
We believe the extensive work the Region has
undertaken in relation to three previous pieces of work is also
pertinent to the Treasury Select Committee:
— The Yorkshire and Humber Regional
Emphasis Document—submitted to the Treasury in December
2003 as a joint piece of work by the Government Office for Yorkshire
and Humber (GOYH), Yorkshire Forward and the Yorkshire and Humber
Assembly; (not printed);
— More detailed evidence supporting
the Region's Regional Emphasis Document, previously submitted
by Yorkshire Forward, GOYH and the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
to the Government's PSA 2 Target Working Group led by ODPM; (not
printed);
— Evidence submitted jointly by Yorkshire
Forward and the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly in 2003 to the ODPM
Select Committee Inquiry into Reducing Regional Disparities in
Prosperity. (not printed).
We formally request that each of these documents
(attached) is considered by the Select Committee, and that the
specific ownership of each document is noted. We would also stress
that we will be happy to give oral evidence to the Select Committee
Inquiry if invited to do so.
Please contact Yorkshire Forward if you have
questions that arise in relation to this submission.
I wish you well with the Select Committee's
Inquiry and trust that you will find this a constructive and positive
contribution.
26 January 2004
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