§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list, for 1997–98 and for each subsequent financial year, the amount spent(a) in the United Kingdom and (b) abroad by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies on (1) providing mobile telephone equipment, including handsets and other associated equipment, (2) for telephone calls made using such equipment and (3) telephone calls made using privately owned mobile telephones but subsequently reclaimed by (x) Ministers and (y) staff. [34318]
§ Mr. McCartneyInformation is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.
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§ Mr. McCartneyThe information requested is as follows. It excludes past and present political affiliation which is not collected.
Mobile telephone running costs for DWP (formerly DSS) £000 Year Departmental total 1997–98 1,330 1998–99 1,213 1999–2000 1,447 2000–01 1,344 2001–021 1,423 1 To date