To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when his Department plans to publish its statistical release on council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2010-11; and whether the UK Statistics Authority will have a role in preparation of the statistics. (319123)

A statistical release containing details of the level of council tax set by local authorities in England 2010-11 will be published on the Communities and Local Government website at 09:30 on Wednesday 24 March 2010. This date has been publicised on both the UK National Statistics website at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/release-calendar/index.html

and the Communities and Local Government website at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/researchand statistics/statistics/publicationschedule

The UK Statistics Authority is an independent body and will have played no part in the production of these statistics, except that the statistical release is produced subject to their guidelines.