§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was to his Department of mobile phones supplied to Ministers and officials in each year since 1997. [123141]
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§ Mr. CaplinThe information requested is set out in the following table:
Cost of mobile phones supplied to Ministers and officials £ millions (January to December) Total Cost1 1999 2.637 2000 2.656 2001 2.368 2002 3.395 1 Cost of equipment, call charges and access charges. Information for 1997 and 1998 is not available. All figures quoted are exclusive of VAT. The figures also exclude a number of Ministry of Defence users with local agreements who use other networks. Information on this expenditure is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.