To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which recommendations of Sir Michael Lyons’ 2007 report on local government finance (a) have been implemented and (b) are planned to be implemented. (277204)

The Government responded to the Lyons Inquiry on local government in the Budget report published on 21 March 2007 and in a press notice issued by the Department on the same day. A copy of the press notice is in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much each local authority has received (a) in cash terms and (b) per capita in (i) planning delivery grant and (ii) housing and planning delivery grant in each year of each scheme. (277241)

Data regarding the amounts received by each local planning authority for Planning Delivery Grant (PDG) for the period 2003-08 and Housing and Planning Delivery Grant (HPDG) for 2008-09 together with a per capita calculation for the total of PDG and a separate one for HPDG has been placed in the Library.