Regional Spatial Strategies

Mr. Pickles
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for the (a) approval, (b) amendment and (c) ratification of each of the regional spatial strategies.

Meg Munn
The following table sets out the Secretary of State's current plans for publication of proposed changes and the issue of final Regional Spatial Strategies in each of the eight English regions outside London.

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|                        |Proposed Changes|Issue of Final RSS|
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|North East              |May 2007        |January 2008      |
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|North West              |October 2007    |March 2007        |
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|Yorkshire and Humberside|September 2007  |February 2008     |
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|East Midlands           |January 2008    |July 2008         |
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|West Midlands (Phase 1) |July 2007       |November 2007     |
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|West Midlands (Phase 2) |February 2009   |June 2009         |
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|East of England         |December 2006   |Autumn 2007       |
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|South East              |Autumn 2007     |Spring 2008       |
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|South West              |February 2008   |June 2008         |
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