To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 812W, on floods: gardens, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research report on permeable and impermeable surfacing. (319316)

The research report ‘Understanding permeable and impermeable surfaces’ was published on 14 September 2009. It can be accessed on the Department's website at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/permeablesufacesreport.pdf

I have arranged for a copy of the report to be placed in the Library of the House.