Work of the Committee in 2007-08 - Communities and Local Government Committee Contents

Annex 3: Government response times

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Table 5: Government responses to our Reports

Report	Published	Response due[44]	Response received	Timing
Coastal Towns: the Government's Second Response	21 November	No response expected	N/A	N/A
DCLG Annual Report 2007	3 January	3 March	3 March	On time
Local Government finance: Supplementary Business Rate—the Government's Response	21 January	21 March	7 November	33 weeks late
Work of the Committee in 2007	25 January	No response expected	N/A	N/A
Ordnance Survey	2 February	9 April	9 April	On time
Refuse Collection: Waste Reduction Pilots	21 February	28 April	22 April	On time
Existing Housing and Climate Change	2 April	10 June	14 July	4 weeks late
The Supply of Rented Housing	21 May	18 September	18 September	On time
New Towns Follow up	11 July	11 September	Not yet received	14 weeks late
Community Cohesion and Migration	16 July	6 October	11 November	4 weeks late
Planning Matters	24 July	1 October	22 October	3 weeks late
The Provision of Public Toilets	22 October	12 January	N/A	N/A

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44   By convention, the Government should respond to a select committee report within 2 months of its publication. In certain circumstances-for example, where the deadline for a response would fall near the start of a Parliamentary recess-we agree with the Government an alternative deadline for a response. Back

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Prepared 22 January 2009