To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters from hon. Members, Peers and members of the devolved assemblies were received by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each year from 2003 to 2006. (135057)

[holding answer 30 April 2007]: The Border and Immigration Agency received 26,577 such letters in 2003, 38,015 letters in 2004, 41,086 letters in 2005 and 41,534 in 2006