§ Baroness Hamweeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which local authorities awarded beacon status for one or more services have taken steps to introduce "modernised" structures to move towards 66WA the new structures (including an executive/security split) envisaged in the Local Government Bill or in the Green or White Papers preceding it. [HL706]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)All beacon councils provided evidence during the selection process that they were addressing the need to modernise their political management structures.