To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Minister for Europe will reply to the letters of 16 April and 14 May from the hon. Member for Forest of Dean, regarding expatriates, reference FD7868. (287932)

The hon. Member’s letters of 16 April 2009 and 14 May 2009 are not for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to answer. My hon. Friend the Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions (Angela Eagle), replied to the hon. Member’s letters on 17 June 2009.