Mr. Steen: To ask the President of the Council if she will estimate the number of additional hours per month required to completethe newly designed C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 forms; how many additional staff are employed by the Fees Office to handle these claims;and if she will estimate the average number of hours (a) hon. Members will spend annually, recording and completing motor mileageclaims and (b) the Fees Office takes to check this information. [86884]Mrs. Beckett: I am afraid that it is not possible for me to estimate the hours required by Members to complete the Fees Office claimforms and their motor mileage claims. As I am sure the hon. Member will understand, Members have differing claim and travel patternsand, therefore, will take different amounts of time to complete the relevant forms. The new claim forms were designed to makecompletion easier for Members. I understand that the Fees Office has had a number of favourable comments about them from Members.No additional staff were engaged to handle the revised claim forms. Staff employed by the Fees Office in checking motor mileageclaims also have other duties and it is not possible accurately to apportion the time spent on each specific area of work.