Departmental Telephone Calls

HC Deb 19 December 1994 vol 251 cc909-10W

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much has been spent on telephone charges and how many telephone calls have been made by his Department for each of the last five years.

Mr. Ian Taylor

Details of departmental charges for telephony for 1989–90 and 1990–91 are not readily available. Comparison of the figures for successive years must be treated with caution as they are affected by major accommodation moves and, for the DTI agencies and regional offices, only include the use of the Government telephone network.

Year	£ million
1991–92	3.2
1992–93	4.2
1993–94	3.9

Details of the number of calls made per year are not held centrally.