To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have officially indicated their intention to explore seeking unitary status following the publication of the Local Government White Paper. (111730)

I refer the hon. Member to the statement that I made to the House on 30 January 2007, Official Report, column 7WS, for the list of local authorities that have submitted proposals for unitary status in response to the invitation that we issued on 26 October 2006.