To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local government enforcement orders on planning issues have been successfully enforced since 1996. (183091)

Statistical information on different types of enforcement action by local planning authorities is published in “Development Control Statistics: England 2006/2007”, available on the Department's website

www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/planning statistics/developmentcontrolstatistics/.

However, we do not hold centrally or publish information about the outcomes of such action. The Planning Inspectorate publish information about appeals against enforcement notices and their outcomes on their website.

www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk.