To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 12 May 2008, Official Report, columns 1397-98W, on the Local Government and Regeneration Division, what (a) boards, (b) working groups and (c) committees there are in each division within her Department other than the Local Government and Regeneration Division. (211490)

The Department's formal governance structures are described in its 2008 annual report. Progress and performance are monitored through programme boards.

Further to my responses to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar on 3 April 2008, Official Report, column 1266W and 12 May 2008, Official Report, columns 1397-98W, the main programme boards other than those within the Local Government and Regeneration Group are the Housing Supply Delivery, Homes and Communities Agency, Olympics, Thames Gateway, Cohesion, Preventing Violent Extremism, Migration, Planning, Fire and Rescue Service and Resilience, Group Corporate Services, European Regional Development Fund and Government Office Transformation boards.

There are smaller boards and various sub-groups and committees beneath these, which look at specific areas of policy. The number and remit of such smaller boards and working groups changes depending on the Department's business at any one time. We do not currently hold a list of these centrally and to compile one could only be done at disproportionate cost.