Abstract
A regional tier of central government administration is not a panacea for faster economic growth, a fairer distribution of public expenditure and a more coherent adjustment of the settlement structure. But diagnosis, prescription and implementation would occur at a level of government where detailed knowledge of the issues and the realistic options would be maximised. Such arguments are especially appropriate for regional development agencies, an experiment tried out in Scotland and Wales and now worthy of extension to some of the English regions. There is, however, a less clear cut case for administering social programme (revenue) expenditure regionally. By contrast the need to co‐ordinate national and local infrastructure so as to adjust the settlement structure effectively calls for sub‐regional consideration of structure plans.
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