§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures were used by his Department in awarding contracts for the supply of mobile and car phones to his Department and its executive agencies; and which companies were involved in tendering for these contracts. [9750]
§ Mr. HowardMobile telephones, including car telephones, are procured after comparison of service providers' tariffs to meet individual requirements at best value for money. The companies which have supplied mobile telephones to my Department in the last three years are Advance Communications, British Telecommunications Mobile, Cellnet, Mercury One-2-One, Martin Dawes, Motorola, Orange, People's Phone, Securicor, Vodac, Vodafone and WaveTech.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what agreements his Department and its executive agencies have with companies for the provision of mobile and car phones; and if he will list the companies having these contracts, the duration of the contracts, the number of phones covered by each agreement and the cost to public funds of each agreement. [9749]
§ Mr. HowardThere are currently no agreements with companies for the provision of mobile and car telephones other than the contracts for the individual telephones.