To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 122W, on eco-towns, how much funding has been (a) provided to date and (b) committed for the future to the Town and Country Planning Association in relation to work on eco-towns; and for what purposes. (245926)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1266W. This set out details about the funding and work undertaken by the Town and Country Planning Association in relation to the eco-towns programme.