To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many public consultations her Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of each consultation. (145270)

Over the 12 months to end May 2007, the Department for Communities and Local Government launched 42 formal public consultations in order to inform the Department’s policy development. Information on the cost of each consultation and the total cost of all consultations could be provided only at disproportionate cost.