Unitary Councils: Finance

Sarah Teather
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the projected (a) minimum and (b) maximum cost savings estimated for each unitary authority established since 2007 were prior to the authority's inception; what cost saving targets were set when each was established; and what savings each has achieved to date.

Ms Rosie Winterton
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Jackson) on 9 February 2010, Official Report, column 882W.