Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to letters from the Hon member for Dunfermline and West Fife related to a constituent held in jail in Iraq.

The letter of 14 October was transferred from the Prime Minister's Office on 20 October. A response was issued on 14 November. A response will be issued to the correspondence of 7 November within 20 working days as per the Cabinet Office guidelines. Officials have been in touch with Mr Chapman and his office.