11 We surveyed all Local Authorities and consortium leads involved in BSF on themes emerging from our case studies, to assess the prevalence of views across the whole population, including:
■ whether BSF leads to more strategic procurement of infrastructure;
■ the LEP model approach and potential cost savings;
■ local capacity and relationships; and
■ the Performance of PfS.
12 The survey was sent to the 70 Local Authority BSF managers and 33 team leaders from the private companies who were active or had bid for projects as of 7 May 2008. We received survey returns from 70 Local Authorities and 29 contractors (100 per cent and 88 per cent respectively).