About Us

From our offices in Bristol and  Plymouth we represent the work and interests of several Government departments. Internet links to these can be found below.  

• Department for Transport
• Department for Children, Schools and Families
• Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
• Home Office
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport 
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Communities and Local Government
• Cabinet Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Energy and Climate Change

We are well placed to tackle issues that cut across the boundaries of more than one Whitehall department and as part of central Government, we also inform the development of departments' policies from a regional perspective.
 
Jon Bright, our Regional Director, heads up seven Directorates: 

• Children and Learners
• Organisational Development, Transformation & Resilience
• Economy, Growth and Regeneration
• Local Government  
• Regional Strategies,Housing & Planning
• Safer and Stronger Communities  
• Environment, Transport and Climate

The Regional Director of Public Health and the Regional Public Health Group are co-located with GOSW. We also work alongside a small team from the Central Office of Information.