To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 18 March 2008, Official Report, column 961W, on CMPi, what payments have been made since February 2008; and for what purpose payments were made to CMPi from 2007-08 to date. (252489)

The following table sets out payments made by the Department and its agencies to CMPi since 1 March 2008.

Payments were made for various reasons including recruitment advertising, publications, exhibition stands at conferences and to cover conference delegation fees.