Dear Mr MacLean

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Thank you for your request for information about Common Purpose Expenditure and Invoices, which we received on 20 June 2008. We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

As required by the legislation, we aim to answer your request within 20 working days from the date we received it. If for any reason we are unable to meet this deadline we will keep you fully informed of the reasons for this.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me.

Yours sincerely

Sue Bowers

Direct Line 01904 455600 GTN 5137 x 5600

Fax 01904 455393

Email xxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Telephone 01904 455600

Website www.defra.gov.uk