§ Mr. BakerTo ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many surveillance devices are in use(a) inside and (b) outside buildings on the Parliamentary Estate; what is the (i) nature, (ii) location, (iii) purpose and (iv) cost of installing and running each such device; and if he will make a statement. [120773]
§ Mr. Kirkwood[holding answer 11 May 2000]: The outturn for expenditure on security services in 1998–99 for the House of Commons was £13,953,000 as shown in the commission's Twenty-First Annual Report for 1998–99 (HC721); in 1999–2000 the cost was £13,454,174.
It is not the practice to give detailed information of the type asked for by my hon. Friend.