Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 17 July 2007.
Mark Oaten
Liberal Democrat, Winchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2007, Official Report, column 1277W, on mobile homes: surveys, how many of the eight respondents supporting option 3 were (a) individuals and (b) organisations; and if she will identify these respondents.
Iain Wright
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
Of the eight respondents that supported option 3, five were individuals and three were organisations. I am not able to disclose the identity of the individuals as we have given a commitment to individual respondents that their personal details will not be disclosed outside of the Department. However, the three organisations were Basingstoke and Deane borough council, Arun district council and South Norfolk district council.
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