To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will ensure that the information contained in local spending reports is published in a format suitable for (a) syndication and (b) mashing via XML feed. (282747)

Local spending reports are available on the Communities and Local Government website, and there are no plans to amend the way information in existing reports is made available. A consultation, which ended on 15 May 2009, considered how the reports should develop. The Government will consider all the representations submitted and we will publish our response later this year.