24. To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on the future of the home information pack programme. (148327)

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the implementation plan for Home Information Packs, which was laid in the House Library. This sets out the work that the programme will be undertaking over the coming months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total cost to the public purse of the Home Information Pack and Sellers Pack schemes has been since 1997; and what estimate she has made of future expenditure. (143639)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Noble Friend, Baroness Andrews, on 27 June 2007, House of Lords, Official Report, columns WA149-150. Expenditure for future years will be subject to the outcome of the comprehensive spending review.