To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 6 March 2008, Official Report, column 2775W, on divisions, what (a) working groups and (b) committees there are within her Department's Local Government and Regeneration division. (194839)

The formal governance of the Department is set out in the departmental annual report which is available in the Library of the House and on the Department's website at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/annual-report07

The Local Government and Regeneration Group monitors progress and performance through three programme boards: the Local Government Reform Programme Board; the Sub-National Review Implementation and Regeneration Programme Board; and the Community Empowerment Programme Board. The group also co-ordinates a number of smaller boards, working groups and committees which look at specific areas of policy.