Local Government Finance: Internet

Mrs. Spelman
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government why the Lyons Inquiry into Local Government Funding is included in the list of Government websites to be closed.

Ruth Kelly
The Lyons Inquiry will publish its final report around the time of the Budget 2007. The Lyons Inquiry website will be accessible until June 2007. After this date, the website will be held by the National Archive for historic and reference purposes and will be accessible at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/webarchive/publicinquiries.htm

Key reports will also be available on both the Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury websites.