To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff the Improvement and Development Agency employs; how many staff work on cohesion, integration and migration issues; and what the cost of employing staff working on cohesion, integration and migration issues is expected to be in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each of the subsequent two years. (245528)

The Department does not hold information on the number of staff at the Improvement and Development Agency employs as it is owned by the Local Government Association which is a voluntary body organisation acting on behalf of its members, not a government funded organisation.