Historic England (HE) has commissioned a survey to get a better picture of the number, type and location of Local Authorities (LAs) that have taken the decision to outsource historic environment advice provision and is seeking responses to an online survey from LA IHBC members and their colleagues, with a closing date of 19 August.
Sarah Reilly of Historic England writes:
As budgets continue to fall across the public sector, Historic England recognises the pressure on local authorities to identify ways of decreasing the cost of services, whilst continuing to preserve standards.
As more and more authorities explore different models of service as a route for achieving savings, there is a need for the historic environment sector to understand the implications of the different models that are being used.
In 2014 IHBC was commissioned to carry out research into the impacts of sharing local conservation services and we see this current work as complementary to our understanding of the changing profiles of local government services.
Historic England has commissioned this survey to get a better picture of the number, type and location of local authorities that have taken the decision to outsource historic environment advice provision.
We would be grateful for local authority colleagues to take the time to fill this survey in to help us improve the support we can provide. The survey will close on August 19.
If you experience any problems with the link please contact Steven Orr at LUC Steven.Orr@landuse.co.uk
