South East England Development Agency 

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The South East England Development Agency is one of nine set up by Peter Mandelson in 1999. 

As the map shows, the region stretches from Dover in the east to the Isle of Wight in the south west and north to Milton Keynes.  It wraps round London and , when taken with Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, forms part of the world city-region that is London.

The South East Region is the power house of Great Britain's economy.  In 2005/06, it contributed £15 billion net to the Exchequer; only two other regions made a positive contribution and they were London (£9 billion) and the East of England Region (£5 billion). 

The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) is a Government-funded agency set up in 1999 responsible for the economic and social development of the South East of England - the driving force of the UK's economy.

The SEEDA Board is appointed by the Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and  Regulatory Reform (BERR). 

The key strategic economic development document for the South East is the Regional Economic Strategy.  Here is a link to the SEEDA web site.  Use the ç button to return to this page.

The government's Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration proposes the creation of a Single Integrated Strategy for each region combining the Regional Economic Strategy with the Regional Spatial Plan.  This single strategy is to be produced jointly by each Regional Development Agency and a Leaders' Board, comprising council leaders representative of the region as a whole.