Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 7 May 2009.
John Redwood
Conservative, Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost of the regional assemblies in England is in 2009-10.
John Healey
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Local Government)
The estimated cost of the regional assemblies and successor bodies for 2009-10 is £18 million.
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