To ask the Leader of the House pursuant to the answer of 8 March 2007, Official Report, column 2147W, on written questions, when he expects to complete his assessment of whether to publish in the Official Report letters written to hon. Members in lieu of written parliamentary answers. (145809)

Letters sent to hon. Members from Ministers or from the heads of Executive Agencies in response to a parliamentary question are already published in the Official Report, except where there are issues of confidentiality or undue length. I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement of 21 July 2004 Official Report, column 35WS, and the written answer of 26 January 2005, Official Report, column 345W. In respect of letters from non-departmental public bodies, following the hon. Member’s earlier question I wrote to the chairman of the Procedure Committee asking that the Committee examine the issues involved.