Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
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Yorkshire and Humber Assembly was the regional assembly
for the Yorkshire and the Humber
region of England. It closed on 31 March 2009. The responsibilities of the assembly were assumed by a Joint Regional Board consisting of members of Yorkshire Forward
, the Regional Development Agency
, and Local Government Yorkshire and Humber
, a regional partnership of local authorities.
Regional Assemblies in England
The Regional Assemblies of England were a group of indirectly elected regional bodies established originally under the name Regional Chambers by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. They were abolished on 31 March 2010 and replaced by Local Authority Leaders’ Boards...
for the Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine regions of England and formally one of the government office regions. It covers most of the historic county of Yorkshire, along with the part of northern Lincolnshire that was, from 1974 to 1996, within the former shire county of Humberside. The...
region of England. It closed on 31 March 2009. The responsibilities of the assembly were assumed by a Joint Regional Board consisting of members of Yorkshire Forward
Yorkshire Forward
Yorkshire Forward is the regional development agency for the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom. It supports the development of business in the region by encouraging public and private investment in education, skills, environment and infrastructure...
, the Regional Development Agency
Regional Development Agency
In the United Kingdom, a regional development agency is a non-departmental public body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of England's Government Office regions. There is one RDA for each of the NUTS level 1 regions of England...
, and Local Government Yorkshire and Humber
Local Government Yorkshire and Humber
Local Government Yorkshire and Humber is the partnership of local authorities, including fire, police and national park authorities, across Yorkshire and Humber...
, a regional partnership of local authorities.