§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 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. [34319]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe exact answer required cannot be provided in the details asked for except at disproportionate cost. However, information is available as follows:
Mobile Phone expenditure for the Department is:
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£ Fiscal Year Mobile phone spend by DTLR 1997–98 33,357.57 1998–99 157,764.96 1999–2000 244,623.72 2000–01 332,401.94 2001–021 280,042.26 1 Year to date
£ Mobile phone spend 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–021 Fire Service College 3,591.00 3,517.00 4,183.00 1,404.00 2,525.00 Driving Standards Agency 13,226.00 10,791.00 16,134.00 21,357.00 16,504.00 The Rent Service 2— 2— 57,000.00 133,000.00 99,000.00 NDPBs Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust 1,134.53 1,412.66 2,497.9 1,684.4 2— Audit Commission 2— 2— 2— 510.17 1,511.13 Health and Safety Executive 2— 2— 195,353.00 239,575.00 197,344.00 Housing Corporation 22,379.00 22,166.00 21,088.00 30,264.00 34.116.00 Liverpool Housing Action Trust 313,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 Northern Lighthouse Board 9,942.67 34,681.00 48,997.99 52,764.06 36,930.40 Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust 3,629.00 1,406.00 341.00 682.00 41.00 Castle Vale Housing Action Trust 16,700.00 18,200.00 13,300.00 17,300.00 12,000.00 Stonebridge Housing Action Trust 2,819.00 2,556.00 1,838.00 1,582.00 1,345.00 Standards Board 2— 2— 2— 2— 2,202 Trinity House Lighthouse Service 46,000 47,000 45,000 46,000 459,000 1 Year to date 2 Figures unavailable 3 Estimated figures 4 Projection to end of fiscal year Notes:
Figures do not reflect machinery of Government changes
Figures are unavailable from the remaining NDPBs, without incurring disproportionate cost