To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) correspondence, (b) emails and (c) telephone calls have taken place between the Environment Agency and Bassetlaw District Council and its development partners concerning the development of Turner Road in Worksop in the last 12 months. (292308)

[holding answer 12 October 2009]: The Environment Agency has had no contact over the last 12 months with the developer or their consultants in relation to the leisure development at Turner Road, Worksop.

Over the last three weeks, the Environment Agency and Bassetlaw District Council have been in contact regarding Turner Road. The details of these conversations will be placed in the House Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what delays in the Turner Road development site in Worksop have resulted from Environment Agency interventions in the last 12 months. (292389)

The Environment Agency is not aware that it has caused any delays in relation to the proposed leisure development at Turner Road, Worksop over the last 12 months.