To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, columns 982-83W, on taxation: rebates, what the longest time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to process an application for a tax refund was in the last 12 months. (283178)

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink) on 10 June 2009, Official Report, column 906W.