To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many parliamentary written questions his Department received in each parliamentary session since 2001; and how many of these questions (a) were not answered because of disproportionate cost, (b) were not answered, (c) received answers referring back to a previous answer (i) asked by the hon. Member and (ii) asked by another hon. Member and (d) were grouped together for answer. (107460)

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answers I gave on 29 November, Official Report, columns 729-30, to his questions 103974 and 103976.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what target his Department has for the maximum acceptable amount of time to answer parliamentary written questions; and what percentage of parliamentary answers met that target in each parliamentary session since 2001. (107461)

I refer to the answer I gave on 30 November 2006, Official Report, column 838W, to an identical question from the hon. Member.