To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much grant his Department has allocated to (a) the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government and (b) the Leadership Centre for Local Government in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. (303578)

The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) received the following amounts of core funding from my Department for 2008-09 and 2009-10.

As part of this the Leadership Centre for Local Government has received £2 million in each year.

Allocations for 2010-11 have not yet been agreed and are currently out for consultation.