To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) e-mails, (b) telephone calls and (c) letters from members of the public his Department has responded to since May 2007. (227643)

Since 1 May 2007 the Scotland Office has received over 2,200 pieces of correspondence for reply. The office also deals with an average of 3,000 other pieces of correspondence each year. The office does not record separately how each piece of correspondence was received or responded to. Separate records of telephone calls are not kept.