To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the cost of provision of mobile phones to special advisers in (a) Downing street and (b) the Cabinet Office has been in the last 12 months. (102706)

The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many special advisers are employed by the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Prime Minister's Office. (102739)

I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 24 July 2006, Official Report, column 86WS.