To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what percentage of the period since 22 January when doctors used the system to apply for training posts the Medical Training Application Service system experienced technical difficulties; and if she will list the technical difficulties. (135862)

The Medical Training Application Service system has been fully available for doctors to apply for training posts since it went live in October 2006. Until 25 April, the system was available for use for 99.7 per cent. of the time. On two occasions since 22 January the system was heavily loaded and ran slowly, causing some users to have intermittent difficulties accessing the service until load balancing adjustments had been made. The application period was extended to allow for this.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pieces of correspondence (a) she and (b) her Department received raising concern about the Modernising Medical Careers programme in (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March and (iv) April 2007. (135946)

The following table shows the number of pieces of correspondence the Department has received concerning the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) programme.

Unfortunately, owing to the way that correspondence is recorded, we cannot state the amount of these that were addressed to the Secretary of State for Health without disproportionate cost.