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===Ministerial responsibilities 2017==
 
===Ministerial responsibilities 2017==
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth)
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As DCLG parliamentary under secretary of state (Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth) Berry is responsible for:
The minister is responsible for:
 
  
*The Northern Powerhouse
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*The [[Northern Powerhouse]]
 
*Mayors and devolution
 
*Mayors and devolution
 
*Local growth – policy and initiatives (eg enterprise zones, high streets, coastal communities)
 
*Local growth – policy and initiatives (eg enterprise zones, high streets, coastal communities)
 
*Place-based initiatives (eg Thames Estuary Growth Commission)
 
*Place-based initiatives (eg Thames Estuary Growth Commission)
 
*Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) policy
 
*Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) policy
*Inward investment and infrastructure (including High Speed 2)
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*Inward investment and infrastructure (including [[High Speed 2]])
*European Regional Development Fund, and UK Shared Prosperity Fund
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*[[European Regional Development Fund]], and [[UK Shared Prosperity Fund]]
 
*Resilience and Emergencies
 
*Resilience and Emergencies
 
*Community rights (including pubs)
 
*Community rights (including pubs)

Revision as of 03:45, 23 August 2017

Jake Berry is a British politician who has been the Conservative Party MP for Rossendale and Darwen since 2010.[1]

He was appointed a junior minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government on 14 June 2017, with responsibility for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth) [2]

Berry previously was parliamentary private secretary to the chief secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands from From May 2015[3] until 2017.

Berry was elected in 2010 with a majority vote of 4,493 and increased that to 5,654 in the May 2015 general election.

=Ministerial responsibilities 2017

As DCLG parliamentary under secretary of state (Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth) Berry is responsible for:

  • The Northern Powerhouse
  • Mayors and devolution
  • Local growth – policy and initiatives (eg enterprise zones, high streets, coastal communities)
  • Place-based initiatives (eg Thames Estuary Growth Commission)
  • Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) policy
  • Inward investment and infrastructure (including High Speed 2)
  • European Regional Development Fund, and UK Shared Prosperity Fund
  • Resilience and Emergencies
  • Community rights (including pubs)
  • Minister for Secondary Legislation

Affiliations

Contact

Parliamentary

  • Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
  • Telephone: 020 7219 7214
  • Email: jake.berry.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency

  • Address: 4 Mount Terrace, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8SF
  • Telephone: 01706 215547

Web & Social media

Notes

  1. Jake Berry, UK Parliament, 10 September 2013.
  2. [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth), gov.uk, accessed 23 August 2017
  3. Guido Fawkes PPS reshuffle in full, 29 May 2015, accessed 1 June 2015.