§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What calculations they have made of the cost of funding a statutory duty to provide sites for Gypsies and Travellers, as mentioned by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Mr Keith Hill MP, in evidence to the Select Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on 13 July; and what further calculation they have made of the present-day value of reductions in future payments of housing benefit arising from the capital subsidies they envisage would be required under the new burdens policy. [HL4009]
§ Lord RookerCalculations of possible costs and benefits relating to a statutory duty to provide sites for Gypsies and Travellers, along with consideration of other options, have been carried out as part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Gypsy and Traveller policy review. The review is still in progress and we are therefore not in a position to release further information at this time.