Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library correspondence between his Department and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets relating to the frequency of publication of East End Life.

Copies of correspondence, from myself and my officials, relating to the Secretary of State giving Tower Hamlets Council written notification of his intention to direct them to comply with the provisions of the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity are available on my Department's web-site and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-tower-hamlets-council

We are currently considering the representations made following the Secretary of State's letter and will make a statement in due course.