To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) when she expects the Working Group on Condition Information in the Home Buying and Selling Process to (a) complete its work and (b) publish its report; (274856)

The work of the Working Group on Condition Information in Home Buying and Selling process is ongoing and is due to report in September 2009. A copy of the final report will be placed in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what dates the Working Group on Condition Information in the Home Buying and Selling Process has met since its inception; where each meeting took place; which (a) Ministers, (b) senior civil servants and (c) other parties were present at each such meeting; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting. (274859)

The Working Group on Condition Information in the Home Buying and Selling Process has met twice. The meetings took place on 4 March 2009 and 23 March 2009 in Eland House. No Ministers attended the meetings which were chaired by the Deputy Director of Sustainable Buildings and Climate Change Directorate. This work is ongoing and publication of the minutes could restrict the contribution of working group members to those discussions and limit their input. We will not therefore be publishing the minutes. My reply to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) 6 May 2009, Official Report, columns 240-41W, dealt with the membership of the working group.