Letter from the Permanent Secretary to
the Chairman—17 December 2007
At the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
hearing on 24 October 2007 I promised to let the Committee know
which of our non-departmental public bodies would be the subject
of the next peer review.
A peer review of the UK Film Council was carried
out during October. The review team, chaired by Clive Jones, has
completed its report and presented its findings to the UKFC and
the Department. Publication of the recommendations and plans for
next steps should follow shortly.
There are no firm plans for further peer reviews
at present. We are currently working with our sponsored bodies
to develop a more strategic, risk-based relationship with them.
Once that work is complete we will look at the case for continuing
the programme of peer reviews.
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