Treasury Ministers and officials have discussions with a wide range of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy analysis, development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s practice to provide details of all such discussion.
Sir Michael Lyons’ work into the function of local government, its future role and how it is funded in England is independent. Sir Michael published an Interim Report in December 2005 and a paper covering the role and function of local government in May 2006. He is due to make his final report to Ministers by the end of December 2006.