To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove) of 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 171W, on Land: Databases, if she will place in the Library a copy of the documentation relating to the validation service the Valuation Office Agency provides for local authority IT suppliers. (152701)

The VOA validation service for IT suppliers to local authorities on Valuebill developments is delivered by an external contractor. The terms are commercially sensitive and confidential.