To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when part V of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 will come into effect; and what has been the cause of the delay. [32676]

Part V of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 has already been brought into effect, except for certain sub-sections relating to the control of minority interests in certain companies which in keeping with the principles of the private finance initiative it is not now intended to bring into force.