To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether VAT will be levied (a) on the local authority search elements and (b) drainage and water search elements of home information packs. (158405)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 September 2007, Official Report, column 2243W, to the hon. Member for North-East Bedfordshire (Alistair Burt). Drainage and water searches remain VAT standard-rated when supplied by a VAT registered business.