To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding the Empty Homes Agency will receive from (a) her Department and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. (274007)

The Department is not providing any direct funding to the Empty Homes Agency in the period 2009-12.

Decisions on allocations for the next three years will be made as part of the HCA’s Corporate Planning process.