The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a department of the British government. It was formed in May 2002 and is led by the Deputy Prime Minister, currently John Prescott. It is a successor to the Department for Transport, Environment and the Regions. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The office of Deputy Prime Minister is one that has only existed occasionally in the history of the United Kingdom. ... John Prescott The Right Honourable John Leslie Prescott (born May 31, 1938) is a British Labour Party politician who is presently Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Secretary of State. ... The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a UK Cabinet position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions. ...

It responsible for the following issues, according to their website (as of June 2005)

• Building Regulations
• Civil Resilience
• Fire
• Homelessness
• Housing
• Local Government
• Neighbourhood Renewal
• Planning
• Regions
• Social Exclusion
• Sustainable Communities
• Urban Policy

The department has many offices including 26 Whitehall, Eland House and Ashdown House in London. The old American Civil Defense logo, used today federally only as a historical reminder on FEMAs seal, the triangle emphasises the 3-step Civil Defense philosophy used before the foundation of FEMA and Comprehensive Emergency Management. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... A homeless American. ... For local government purposes, England is divided into three types of areas - non-unitary authorities, unitary authorities, and London boroughs. ... Town and Country Planning is the system by which the British government seeks to maintain a balance between economic development and environmental quality in England. ... The region (sometimes known as Government Office Region) is currently the highest tier of local government in England. ... The Sustainable Communities Plan was launched in 2003 and is a key policy of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in guiding its regeneration and departmental objectives. ... Whitehall, London, looking south towards the Houses of Parliament. ... St. ...

Ministers

The Department is headed by John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister. Since the re-shuffle after the 2005 general election, another minister from the Department, the Minister of Communities and Local Government, David Miliband, is a Cabinet position. John Prescott The Right Honourable John Leslie Prescott (born May 31, 1938) is a British Labour Party politician who is presently Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Secretary of State. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The postition of Minister for Communities and Local Government is a Cabinet level postition in the United Kingdom government. ... The Right Honourable David Wright Miliband (born 15 July 1965 in London) is a United Kingdom politician, Labour Member of Parliament for South Shields in north-east England. ... In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body comprised of government officials chosen by the Prime Minister. ...

Junior ministers in the department are

• Phil Woolas - Minister for Local Government
• Yvette Cooper - Minister for Housing and Planning
• Jim Fitzpatrick, Baroness Andrews - Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State

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See also

• Council House
• Housing Corporation
• Housing estate
• Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom

The council house is a form of public housing found in the United Kingdom. ... The Housing Corporation is the Non-departmental public body that funds and regulates housing associations in England. ... A housing estate is a medium-to-low density residential area, usually part of a suburb of a town or city in a developed country. ... Town and Country Planning is the system by which the British government seeks to maintain a balance between economic development and environmental quality in England. ...

External link

• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
• Organisational chart (PDF)