To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the annual cost of her Department's Places Community. (230324)

The Places Community was established in September 2008 at a cost of £14,000. Annual costs in future years are estimated at £10,000.

The Community's main aim is to raise awareness and increase usage of various established departmental projects which, collectively, provide a wide range of statistical and geographic evidence around the concept of ‘place'.