To ask the President of the Board of Trade when the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham will receive a substantive answer to each question for which she has received a holding reply. [11836]

The hon. Member has received substantive answers, including this one, to the 70 questions that she has tabled since 14 May.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the total cost to public funds of answering the written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) to her Department in the current Session. [12471]

The hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) has to date tabled 70 questions to my Department. This has cost at least £7,490, using the average cost of answering written questions, Official Report, 4 December 1996, column 656.