§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what estimate he has made of the annual telephone costs to(a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) his Department's non-departmental public bodies staff for each of the years (i) 1979–80, (ii) 1989–90, (iii) 1991–92, (iv) 1993–94, 369W (v) 1994–95, (vi) 1995–96 and (vii) 1996–97; and if internal telephone directories are available to staff in all areas of (a) to (c); [11398]
(2) what assessment he has made of the expenditure of his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on all external consultants including management consultants for each of the years (a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95 and (f) 1995–
Annual telephone costs £000 1989–90 1991–92 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 DoE (Central) 3,554 3,051 2,728 2,532 1,920 Property Holdings n/a 385 159 132 145 PSAS 6,052 6,047 2,170 105 50 Total department 9,606 9,483 5,057 2,769 2,115 Planning inspectorate 0 0 162 77 46 Building research establishment 173 194 237 172 108 Figures for planning inspectorate for 1989–90 and 1991–92 are included within the departmental total.
The figure for Property Holdings for 1989–90 is included within the figure for PSAS.
Expenditure on consultants £000 1989–90 1991–92 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 DoE (Central) 9,835 6,547 9,195 9,567 10,739 Property Holdings n/a 1,125 223 204 529 PSAS 177,400 182,850 25,120 752 441 Total department 187,235 190,522 34,538 10,523 11,709 Planning inspectorate 0 40 632 465 80 Building research establishment 31 187 220 212 151 The buying agency n/a n/a 9 17 25 Security facilities executive n/a n/a 56 368 150 QEII Conference Centre n/a n/a 60 10 32 Figures for planning inspectorate for 1989–90 are included within the departmental total.
The figure for PSAS includes works consultancies.
The figure for Property Holdings for 1989–90 is included within the figure for PSAS.
Excludes expenditure on the Department's strategic IT consultancies.
The remaining information requested on telephone costs and consultancies is not held centrally in the form required and could be made available only at disproportionate cost.
The Department makes use of CCTA's metropolitan telephony service, which provides us with full managed telephony and directory services. The Department, along with other MTS users, maintains a current directory of staff, location and telephone extensions. The MTS service provides an annual estimate of telephony charges.
The Government telephone network connects more than 1,000 Government offices nationwide. As users of the GTN, and GTN dialling codes booklet is available to all staff in this Department. It enables staff to identify the operator in any other Government building for inquiry services.