To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when the Financial Secretary plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire of 31 March 2009 on the KSFIOM Depositors Group; (280873)

A reply has been sent to the right hon. Member.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 778W, on Members: correspondence, for what reason the Answer did not set out the information requested on the time taken to reply. (287043)

The current economic and financial situation has given rise to a huge increase in the volume of correspondence received over the last 12 months in particular. There has been an increase of over 100 per cent. in Members’ correspondence over the previous 12-month period, creating a considerable backlog, which HM Treasury is in the process of clearing. The hon. Member’s correspondence was unfortunately part of that backlog and we apologise for the delay.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 31 March 2009 on a constituent, Mr Robert Phillips of Torquay. (287184)

The hon. Member’s correspondence was transferred to the Department of Works and Pension for reply.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 9 April 2009 on the 2009 Budget; and what the reason is for the time taken to reply. (287185)

I have replied to the hon. Member.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to reply to the letter of 10 June 2009 from the hon. Member for Walsall North, regarding a constituent, PO Ref: 6/00416/2009. (287899)

A reply has been sent to the hon. Member.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Financial Secretary to the Treasury will reply to the letters of 14 April and 20 May 2009 from the hon. Member for Forest of Dean, on funding for charities and loss of funds with KSF, reference FD1288. (287931)

A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 14 July.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letters of 16 April and 14 May 2009 from the hon. Member for Forest of Dean, on expatriates, reference FD7868. (287933)

The correspondence was transferred to the Department for Works and Pensions on 19 May and a notification sent to the hon. Member on that date.