To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what consultations have been carried out by the Cabinet Office since July 2007; and at what cost. (279341)

Details of consultations carried out by Cabinet Office during the 2007-08 financial year are available in the Cabinet Office’s Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08 which is available in the Libraries of the House for the reference of Members.

Details of consultations carried out during 2008-09 will be published in the forthcoming Annual Report and Accounts for 2008-09 which it is planned will be published prior to the summer recess 2009.

Costs of the consultations would be available only at disproportionate cost.