To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1264W, on compulsory purchase: coastal areas, for what reasons the information requested is not held centrally. (244417)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 360W. CPOs made by local authorities are for a wide range of purposes and justified by site-specific considerations. We have no specific need to hold this information centrally and therefore the administrative cost of doing so is not justified.