To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2007, Official Report, column 943W, on regional government: public participation, what meetings the Minister for the West Midlands has had with local authorities. (181700)

The Minister for the West Midlands has had the following meetings with local authorities since being appointed: Shropshire, Coventry, Staffordshire, Newcastle, Telford and Wrekin, Worcestershire, Birmingham, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stoke on Trent, Sandwell and Warwickshire.