Mr Robert Sharp

Email: [FOI #30845 email]

Reference: FOICR 14408/10

Date: 22 March 2010

Dear Mr Sharp

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your e-mail of 16 March, in which you ask for figures on which Meg Hillier's speech of 15 March was based. Your request is being handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will aim to send you a full response by 15 April, which is twenty working days from the date when we received your request.

If you have any questions about the handling of your information request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

H Reid

Freedom of Information Team

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