To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his latest estimate is of the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the Infrastructure Planning Commission in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. (317861)

The Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) was established on 1 October 2009 providing advice and guidance to promoters.

The estimated costs for the IPC for six months from October to March of 2009-10 are tabled as follows:

The capital costs include the development of an IT case management system and running costs include staff and Commissioner recruitment and training.

From 1 March 2010 the IPC will be ready to receive applications for development consent and the estimated running costs for 2010-11 are set out in the Impact Assessment published in November 2007 and the Annex published in January 2009 which are available on the Communities and Local Government website. No major additional capital costs for 2010-11 are anticipated to those incurred in 2009-10.