HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 c58W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many mobile telephones have been supplied to his Department in each of the last eight years; and in each of those years how many different suppliers were involved. [8028]

Mr. Hanley

The FCO diplomatic and aid wings had the following number of mobile telephones supplied during the last eight years, from the listed number of suppliers:

Year Number of phones Number of suppliers
1988 3 1
1989 28 3
1990 28 3
1991 52 3
1992 30 4
1993 19 2
1994 64 6
1995 86 7