§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department in the last three years for which information is available; and what was the approximate value of each item.
§ Mr. Nelson[holding answer 16 February 1994]: The list provides the information which is available within each of my Departments. The values given are approximate and are not the replacement value.
Government Actuary's Department
No equipment stolen in the last three years.
705WOffice of Her Majesty's Paymaster General
No equipment stolen in the last three years.
Her Majesty's Treasury £ Approximate value Mobile Telephone 350.00 6 Answerphones 77.00 each 14 Dictaphones 120.00 each 2 Standard Telephone Handsets 20.00 each 3 Large Desk Staplers 66.00 each 3 Portable Computers 500.00 each 4 Scientific calculators 11.50 each 4 High energy Light Bulbs 36.00 Typist chair 80.00 Video Player 400.00 Fan 32.90 Royal Mint
No equipment stolen in last three years
Department for National Savings £ Approximate value Pair of Digital Scales 35.00 Feature Telephone 40.00 Ordinary Grey Telephone 8.00 3 Time Delay Humidistats 50.00 National Investment and Loans Office
No equipment stolen in the last three years.
Her Majesty's Customs and Excise1
- 1991–92
- 27 Personal Computers
- 10 Portable Computers
- 2 Lap-Top Computers
- 15 Printers
- 5 Fax Machines
- 2 Photocopiers
- Answerphone
- Call Logger
- 4 Radio Handsets
- Total Value of goods=£77,725.28
- 1992–93
- 22 Personal Computers and Software
- 5 Printers
- 16 Keyboards
- 3 Fax Machines
- 2 Mobile Telephones
- Tape Streamer
- 2 PC Mice
- Monitor
- Camera Lens, Case
- 8 Radio Handsets
- Total Value of goods=£60,210.19
- 1No breakdown available for individual items.
706W
Central Statistical Office Approximate value 11 Standard Telephone Handsets £22.00 each 9 Facility Telephone Handsets £60.00 each Electric Stapler £98.00
707W
Inland Revenue and Valuation Office Agency Approximate value (£) IT Equipment Panasonic Laser Printer OKI Dot Matrix Printer ICL CPU Board Drum Replacement Unit 2 Equinox Processors 2 Equinox Tape Streamer 2 Ampex VDUs 2 Ampex keyboards Security Badge Total 20,000.00 Panasonic Laser Printer 1,400.00 Meridian Hard Disk Drive 1,000.00 Amstrad FX Fax Machine 600.00 VDU Security Badge Grundig Dictating Machine 18 Calculators Stop Watch Stationery Electric Grundig Dictating Machine Blank Floppy Disks Training Section Video VDU Printer (PAYE) Printer (CODA) broken Total 12,000.00 Compaq LTD/286 MS DOS Lotus 123 Total 3,000.00 MS Mouse 40.00 Toshiba Laptop PaintJet Printer 800.00 HP Image Scanner 2,000.00 Compaq LTE 286 laptop 3,000.00 MS Mouse 40.00 Cannon Fax 440.00 Agenda Hand Held Computer Organiser Mouse Adapter Lead Compaq LTE 386 Laptop 3,000.00 Interface Card for HP Scanjet Desktop Expansion Base for Compaq LTE 350.00 Freelance Plus Software Compaq 386 VGA Monitor Epson 1050 Workstation HP Laserjet III VDU Keyboard VDU Keyboard Total 3,179.00 Compaq LTE 386 laptop 2 VDUs plus keyboards Printer Bull VDU plus keyboards Total 3,000.00 Disk Drive Monitor Keyboard Floppy disks Mains Smoother Total 630.00 708W
Approximate value (£) 2 x lmb memory upgrade boards from Compaq laptop 400.00 2 Software packages 400.00 3 Microsoft Mice 120.00 Microsoft Mouse 70.00 Compaq Contura Notebook and Memory Expansion 1,600.00 2 Panasonic Laser Printers 1,500.00 HP95 Palm Top 3,500.00 ICL Mainframe terminal 900.00 ICL Mainframe terminal 900.00 Badge Reader 200.00 Smith Corona PWP7000 Word Processor 600.00 Zenith Bull PC 1,500.00 HP Laserjet 3 Printer 1,000.00 Mainframe Controller 5,000.00 Compaq 386 1,800.00 HP Laserjet 3 Printer 1,000.00 Epson Printer 3,300.00 Toshiba Portable PC 1,500.00 Circuit Board for HP Painjet 100.00 Artemis Printer 3,000.00 Microsoft Mouse 99.00 Freelance Software Package and Discs 500.00 Hard Disk (84 Mbyte) 650.00 Canon Bubble Jet Printer 300.00 Compaq 2865 Portable PC 3,000.00 Canon Bubble Jet Printer 300.00 Microsoft Mouse 85.00 3 Floppy Discs 10.00 1 Bull Terminal 3 Bull Terminal 5 ICL Keyboards Fax Machine Total 2,000.00 Microsoft Mouse 45.00 Norton Utilities Norton Disk Explorer Manual Total 70.00 Compaq 386 LTE S/20 MS DOS Smart 3.1 Total 2,000.00 3 Deskpro 3865/20 Model 60 Deskpro 3865/20 Model 40 CD ROM and Modem Prolinea 3/255 4 Mice Total 10,000.00 Nokia Terminal 900.00 Compaq Laptop LTE 1,800.00 ICL DRS 55/20 PC Infotec Fax Machine 2 Panasonic Answerphones Portable PC Total 6,000.00 Canon Printer 200.00 MS DOS MS Windows Word for Windows Total 550.00
Approximate value (£) Compaq 386 MS DOS Smartware 2 Norton Utilities Total 2,000.00 Biofolio Computer Art 150.00 ICL DRS Controller 2,000.00 HP Laser Jet 3 3,562.00 2 HP Laster Jet 4 3,000.00 Zenith Bull Compaq 386 2 Mice Total 3,500.00 3 Compaq Deskpro Mouse Total 4,500.00 Canon Photocopier Campaq 386 Epson Printer Total 3,500.00 6 ICL Tech. 486SX (boxed) 6,250.00 Campaq 386 1,500.00 Wordstart Redundant 1 ICL CS 386 1,200.00 Floppy Discs 120.00 3 ICL Processor 3,400.00 Amstrad Portable 900.00 Pslon Organiser 320.00 ICL DRS 55/20 7 ICL 486 Processor Infotec Fax Machine damaged Total 8,000.00 6 ICL 4865/25 Processors 6 ICL CS386 Processors Total 12,000.00 12 ICL CS386 Processors 12,000.00 HP Laser Jet 3 Compaq Prolinea 4/50 Total 2,650.00 Compaq 486 Lite Laptop 2,500.00 2 Compaq 486 Lite Laptops 5,000.00 Box of Floppy Discs 120.00 Development Tapes 50.O0 Total value of equipment lost or stolen 100,287.00
- General Equipment
- 26 Video Recorders (2 with remote control)
- 23 Microwaves
- 11 Cameras
- 29 Telephones
- 4 Mobile Telephones
- 34 Dictaphones
- 2 Electronic Typewriters
- 9 Televisions
- 13 Headphones
709 - 5 Photocopiers
- 11 Fax Machines
- 4 Dictation Machines
- 2 Word Processors
- PC Computer with Printers
- 24 CPU (without keyboard or monitors)
- VDU
- 4 Printers
- 3 Grundig Stenorette
Approximate value of known goods = £20,10.49.
£ million Administrative Expenditure of the Institutions (Commitments) Institution 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Commission 612 664 763 846 970 1,049 1,152 1,293 1,445 1,734 1,833 (percentage annual increase in real terms) (1.5) (8.5) (4.9) (10.2) (3.6) (4.7) (6.7) (6.0) (14.9) (2.2) Parliament 177 176 224 255 287 288 322 372 445 479 503 (percentage annual increase in real terms) (-7.2) (20.3) (7.8) (8.1) (-3.9) (6.9) (9.8) (13.4) (3.1) (1.5) Council 98 116 136 145 153 176 211 264 262 272 291 (percentage annual increase in real terms) (10.2) (11.0) (1.0) (1.4) (10.0) (14.6) (18.4) (-5.7) (-0.7) (3.4) Court of Justice 23 23 29 33 37 44 50 56 63 69 72 (percentage annual increase in real terms) (-3.3) (15.7) (9.7) (7.1) (13.4) (8.5) (6.6) (6.5) (5.0) (2.0) Court of Auditors 13 14 17 19 20 21 41 25 28 30 32 (percentage annual increase in real terms) (-0.8) (15.3) (7.6) (3.8) (-0.7) (83.9) (-41.9) (6.4) (3.5) (4.0) Notes:
1984–1992 figures taken from the annual Statements on the European Community Budget. 1993 and 1994 figures taken from adopted budgets, as amended.
All sterling figures converted at the rate of £1=1.3243 ecu, the rate notified in the Official Journal as prevailing on the last working day of last year (31 December 1993).
The Community budget is established on an annual basis. However, ceilings for six main categories of expenditure were included in the financial perspective agreed by the European Council at Edinburgh in December 1992. This included an overall ceiling, in 1992 prices, on administrative expenditure, which is as follows:
Appropriations for commitments Administration £ million Percentage increase 1995 2,703 — 1996 2,786 3.1 1997 2,869 3.0 1998 2,907 1.3 1999 2,945 1.3 Note: Converted at the rate of£1=1.3243 ecu, the rate notified in the Official Journal as prevailing on the last working day of last year (31 December 1993).