To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency’s documents (a) CT IA 010905 (September 2005) and (b) CT IA 241005 (October 2005). (129491)

A copy of the Valuation Office Agency’s documents (a) and (b) have been placed in the Library.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) which foreign visits were made by representatives of the Valuation Office Agency on official business in 2006; and what the (a) purpose and (b) destination was in each case; (129510)

I refer the hon. member to the answer given on 26 January 2007, Official Report, column 2134W, which sets out the foreign trips made in 2006. These visits were undertaken when the VOA was invited to share their expertise in the field of property valuation, as speakers or delegates at international conferences or providing advice to overseas Government valuation agencies.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what Gateway Reviews (a) have been produced and (b) are underway in relation to projects by the Valuation Office Agency. (129590)

No Gateway Reviews are currently under way in relation to projects of the Valuation Office Agency. The last review undertaken for a project was in October 2005.