§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many mobile telephones there are available in his Department for the use of Ministers. [4257]
§ Mr. HowardSix.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times mobile telephones used by Ministers in his Department have been cloned during(a) the last six months, (b) the last 12 months and (c) the last 18 months; and which Ministers within his Department have had their mobile telephones cloned. [4258]
§ Mr. HowardThe number of detected instances of cloning of Ministers' official mobile telephones in my Department during(a) the last six months; (b) the previous six months; and (c) the six months before that were zero, two and zero respectively.
The mobile telephones issued to the Minister of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Maclean), and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he was serving as Minister of State in my Department, were cloned.