ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report was prepared for the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) by Dr Stephanie Snape, (INLOGOV, University of Birmingham), Professor Steve Leach (De Montfort University, Leicester) and Dr Colin Copus (INLOGOV).
The authors would like to thank the ten authorities that took part in the case study element of the research:
Barnet London Borough Council
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Bedfordshire County Council
Brentwood Borough Council
Bristol City Council
Buckinghamshire County Council
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Eastleigh Borough Council
Haringey London Borough Council
York City Council
Sincere thanks are also extended to the very many authorities – listed on the following page – which sent information to the research team on scrutiny practices within their own authorities.
The authors would also like to thank three other members of INLOGOV who contributed to the research project through undertaking case study research: Frances Taylor, Eileen Dunstan and Philip Whiteman.
And finally, the project was funded by the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister and we would like to express our gratitude to David Purdy, our contact officer for the project within the ODPM’s Local and Regional Government Research Unit.
Authorities Submitting Evidence
Ashford Borough Council
Barking and Dagenham London Borough
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Bradford Council
Camden London Borough
Carlisle City Council
Chesterfield Borough Council
Chichester District Council
Darlington Borough Council
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
East Sussex County Council
Essex County Council
Hartlepool Borough Council
Herefordshire Council
Hertfordshire County Council
Hounslow London Borough
Huntingdonshire District Council
Lambeth London Borough
Leeds City Council
Leicester City Council
Maidstone Borough Council
Mid Bedfordshire District Council
Middlesbrough Borough Council
Newham London Borough
Northumberland County Council
North Tyneside Council
North Lanarkshire Council
North Lincolnshire Council
Nottingham City Council
Renfrewshire Council
Sheffield City Council
South Bedfordshire District Council
South Ribble Borough Council
Staffordshire County Council
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
St Albans City and District Council
Tameside Borough Council
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Thanet District Council
Thurrock Council
Tower Hamlets London Borough
West Sussex County Council
West Wiltshire District Council
Worcestershire County Council
Published 17 October 2002
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