Deputy Prime Minister written question – answered at on 7 January 2014.
Chris Kelly
Conservative, Dudley South
To ask the Deputy prime minister what discussions he has had with the Black Country local enterprise partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from Whitehall.
Greg Clark
Minister of State (Cabinet Office), Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Negotiations with the Black Country local enterprise partnership have recently concluded and the Black Country City Deal was announced by the Deputy prime minister on
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The office of Deputy Prime Minister is one that has only existed occasionally in the history of the United Kingdom. Unlike analogous offices in other nations, the Deputy Prime Minister does not have any of the powers of the Prime Minister in the latter's absence and there is no presumption that the Deputy Prime Minister will succeed the Prime Minister.
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Whitehall is a wide road that runs through the heart of Westminster, starting at Trafalgar square and ending at Parliament. It is most often found in Hansard as a way of referring to the combined mass of central government departments, although many of them no longer have buildings on Whitehall itself.
