§ Mr. Cohenasked the Lord Privy Seal, pursuant to the answer of 23 January, for what reason the Serjeant at Arms' Department requested printouts from telephone logging equipment on 17 October and 19 November; and to whom the printouts were made available.
§ Mr. BiffenThe printout provided from the telephone logging equipment on 17 October was requested for system management purposes to monitor the use of Palace of Westminster telephone extensions in public places.
The printout provided on 19 November was requested to enable the use of the telephone booths under the staircase leading from the Lower Waiting Hall to the Centre Curtain to be monitored. This was in order to establish the use made of these telephones in the context of an accommodation matter which was being discussed by the Catering and the Accommodation and Administration Sub-Committees of the Services Committee.
In both the above cases the printouts contained information on telephone extensions in public places only. They were made available only to the Serjeant at Arms' office and were destroyed after use.