To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how her Department monitors contracts issued by public bodies reporting to her Department on the terms and conditions applied to their workforce. (154893)

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 24 July 2007, Official Report, column 956W.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2007, Official Report, columns 152-53W, on Departments: contracts, (1) how much was spent by her Department on contracts awarded to external suppliers by public bodies it sponsors in each year since 2001; (154896)

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 26 July 2007, Official Report, columns 1422-24W.