§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what monitoring of the Docklands, Hackney, Islington and Lambeth partnerships has been undertaken by his Department's inner city directorate.
§ Mr. KingFinancial monitoring at both project and programme level is carried out by Greater London housing and planning directorate, in collaboration with inner cities directorate. The Department analyses the content of inner area programmes each year and discusses the programmes with the local authorities concerned. Further proposals for monitoring the effectiveness and impact of partnerships are being developed. A booklet describing some of the more interesting projects which have been carried out by partnerships, including the London ones, has recently been published.