1 Rationale for the partnership (paragraphs 43-47 in Chapter 1 and paragraphs 136- 143 in Chapter 5):
a Why does this partnership exist?
b What are its agreed aims?
c Where have they been published?
d Can you identify a better way of serving the public?
2 Added value from the partnership:
a How does this partnership add value? (Paragraphs 67-71 in Chapter 2.)
b How do you demonstrate this added value to the public? (Table 1 in Chapter 3.)
c How do you know whether funds are being well spent? (Case study 2 in Chapter 2 and paragraphs 101-104 in Chapter 3.).
d How does the public know that partnership funds are being well spent? (Table 1 in Chapter 3.)
3 Governance arrangements:
a How do your partnership's corporate governance arrangements link to those of individual partners? (Paragraphs 72-74 and Table 1 in Chapter 3, and paragraphs 140-143 in Chapter 5.)
b How are decisions made?
c How are they recorded?
d Who makes sure that they are acted on?
e Who scrutinises them?
f To whom are they reported? (Paragraphs 75-79 and Case study 4 in Chapter 3.)
4 Performance management (Paragraphs 94-100, and Case study 7 in Chapter 3):
a How do you know which partnership targets you are meeting and which you are failing to meet?
b Who manages and reports progress?
5 Financial management (Chapter 3):
a Who provides the money?
b Who decides how to spend it?
c Can the money be reallocated?
d What are the financial reporting arrangements?
6 Risk management:
a How do you know when things are going wrong?
b Who can take action when things are going wrong? (Chapter 1, Chapter 3 and Chapter 5.)
c How do you resolve conflicts of interest? (Paragraph 80 in Chapter 3)
7 Termination arrangements (Paragraphs 136-139 in Chapter 5):
a What are the arrangements if this partnership comes to an end?
b Or if you decide no longer to be involved?
c How will resources be reallocated back to partners?
8 Serving the public (Table 1 in Chapter 3 and paragraphs 127-132 in Chapter 4):
a How effectively does this partnership communicate with the public?
b How can the public and service users obtain redress when things go wrong?
c Is there a complaints and suggestions process the public can use?