To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she will respond to the letter to her of 21 October 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr S. Choudhry. (241775)

I wrote to the my right hon. Friend on 8 December 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brent East, dated 10 June 2008, regarding the Umbanda Temple. (242743)

There is no trace of the letter referred to having been received in the Home Office. A copy received on 10 December does however show that the subject matter of the letter is for Communities and Local Government.