HC Deb 07 December 1995 vol 268 cc392-3W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many mobile telephones there are available in his Department for the use of Ministers. [4261]

Mr. Hague

Three mobile phones are directly allocated to Welsh Office Ministers. They also have access to car phones in five official vehicles.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many times mobile telephones used by Ministers in his Department had been cloned during(a) the last six months, (b) the last 12 months and (c) the last 18 months; and which Ministers in his Department have had their mobile telephones cloned. [4262]

Mr. Hague

(a) once, 28 September, (b) once further, 26 March 1995, and (c) nil; the Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Mr. Jones).