To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1306W, on council tax: standards, for which datasets, used to calculate best value performance indicators but not required for either the National Indicator set or local indicators, the data will continue to be collected. (182165)

We are working with other Government Departments to identify those data collections which are to be discontinued, in line with the commitment made in the Local Government White Paper to limit data collection to that which is necessary for reasons such as financial management and policy development and the 30 per cent. target for reduction in data burdens announced on 9 October 2007 as part of the comprehensive spending review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1306W, on council tax: standards, for what reasons the performance data collected from local authorities through final quarterly returns will not be included in the National Indicator set. (182166)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1306W.