To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have made payments to Flint Bishop Solicitors since 1997. (151392)

Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) were created following Machinery of Government changes on 5 May 2006 and 29 May 2002, respectively.

There are no records of any payments to Flint Bishop Solicitors by the central Department or its agencies since May 2002. Details of payments prior to May 2002 could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.