§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent on telephone charges and how many telephone calls have been made by his Department for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. LangThe information on telephone charges for calls made via both the public service telephone network and the government telephone network by all Scottish Office Departments is set out in the table.
Public service telephone network £ Government telephone network £ Total £ 1989–90 645,000 339,000 984,000 1990–91 615,000 343,000 958,000 1991–92 675,000 352,000 1,027,000 1992–93 755,000 366,000 1,121,000 1993–94 695,000 343,000 1,038,000 As call charges are levied by the volume of units used and not by the number of calls made, records on total numbers of calls are not maintained.