To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her latest estimate is of the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the Infrastructure Planning Commission in 2009-10. (264179)

In January this year we published an annex to the Planning Bill impact assessment which confirmed that the costs are within the margin of error allowed for within the original impact assessment and the estimated set up and running costs of the Infrastructure Planning Commission remain at £5 million and £9.3 million respectively.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the remuneration package will be for each member of the Infrastructure Planning Commission. (264180)

The Chair of the Infrastructure Planning Commission will receive £184,000 per annum based on a time commitment of four days per week (that is £230,000 per annum pro rata). The posts of deputy chair and commissioner have recently been advertised at £125,000 and £100,000 pro rata per annum respectively, for a time commitment of three to five days per week. None of the posts are pensionable.