§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many new photocopiers his Department has(a) purchased and (b) leased since July 1995; and at what cost. [4291]
Mr. Willets[pursuant to his reply, 6 December 1995, Official Report, c 256]: I regret that the figure given as the rental cost per annum of the 14 leased photocopiers to replace existing machines is incorrect. The correct information is as follows.
Since 1 July 1995, the Cabinet Office and its agencies have purchased one additional photocopier at a cost of £895 and leased 18 photocopiers, 11 of which replaced existing machines, at a rental cost of £50,799 per annum.
In the same period, HMSO and the Central Office of Information purchased four photocopiers, two Of which replaced existing machines, at a cost of £17,817 and leased 14 to replace existing machines at a rental cost of £23,366 per annum.
§ Mr. GriffithsTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 9 January 1996,Official Report, column 121, what factors led his Department to accept photocopiers on variable contracts of three, four and five years over and above the leasing costs; and what is the minimum contractual cost of using and maintaining (a) the 18 photocopiers on three-year contracts, (b) the three photocopiers on four-year contracts and (c) the four photocopiers on five-year contracts. [8920]
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§ Mr. Willetts[pursuant to his reply, 15 January 1996, Official Report, c 335]: I regret that the figure given as the minimum total cost of leasing the 18 photocopiers on three-year contracts is incorrect. The correct information is as follows.
The minimum total cost of leasing (a) the 18 photocopiers on three-year contracts is £36,905 per annum, (b) the three photocopiers on four-year contracts is £15,969 per annum and (c) the four photocopiers on five-year contracts is £3,315 per annum.
§ Mr. GriffithsTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 15 January 1996,Official Report, column 335, on costs of photocopiers, what was the estimated number of copies projected in respect of each contract and at what cost per copy. [10277]
§ Mr. Willetts[pursuant to his reply, 22 January 1996, Official Report, c.42]: I regret that the figure of 0.3p given as the cost per copy for the machine with the projected usage of 5 million copies is incorrect. The correct figure is 0.4p. The entire table with the corrected figure is as follows:
Estimated number of copies projected in respect of each contract and cost per copy for the 25 photocopiers Copies projected for contract period Cost per copy (p) 24,000,000 0.32 24,000,000 0.32 1,800,000 0.71 1,800,000 0.79 1,800,000 0.79 900,000 0.65 360,000 0.85 324,000 0.90 270,000 0.91 252,000 0.91 252,000 0.84 240,000 0.91 240,000 0.91 240,000 0.91 240,000 0.91 180,000 0.97 180,000 0.97 144,000 0.91 108,000 0.91 108,000 0.95 72,000 0.95 60,000 0.97 48,000 0.97 1,620,000 0.81 per first 90,000 per annum 0.63 thereafter 5,000,000 First 1.2 million per annum included in contract price, next 200,000 at 0.5 per copy thereafter 0.4 per copy