To ask the Attorney-General how many calls the telephone inquiry line operated by the Bona Vacantia Division of the Treasury Solicitor's Department received in each of the last five years.

The Bona Vacantia Division of the Treasury Solicitor's Department introduced a new automated telephony system from February 2011. The number of calls received by the Bona Vacantia Inquiry Line for the period from February 2011 until the end of September 2011 is 11,429.

Inquiry calls received by Bona Vacantia Division prior to February 2011 cannot be separately identified without incurring disproportionate cost.