§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list, for 1997–98 and for each subsequent financial year, the amount spent(a) in the United Kingdom and (b) abroad by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies on (1) providing mobile telephone equipment, including handsets and other associated equipment, (2) telephone calls made using such equipment and (3) telephone calls made using privately owned mobile telephones but subsequently reclaimed by (x) Ministers and (y) staff. [34395]
§ Dr. John ReidDetails of the Department's (including it's agencies, but excluding NDPBs as we do not have access to breakdown of their expenditure) total expenditure on mobile telephones and calls in each of the last five financial years are:
£ Line rental Call charges Mobiles and equipment Total 1997–98 36,498 38,293 14,275 89,065 1998–99 33,882 69,224 4,431 107,537 1999–2000 43,175 45,519 5,652 94,346 2000–01 64,297 29,172 3,314 96,783 2001–02 49,457 22,726 2.587 174,770 1 To 31 January 2002. Note:
Estimate for full year equals £89,724
It is not possible to provide a breakdown of costs for UK/abroad. We do not hold any information on reimbursement for business calls made on private phones.