Telephone Costs (Hansard, 13 May 2004)

HC Deb 13 May 2004 vol 421 c489W 489W

§ Mr. Peter Duncan
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's expenditure on(a) fixed and (b) mobile telephones was in each of the last five years. [165967]

§ Mrs. McGuire
The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.
Since that date the Office has spend the following on telephone costs.

£000

Fixed lines Mobile telephones

1999–2000 ¹36,622 ¹6,760

2000–01 85,483 14,275

2001–02 86,697 11,850

2002–03 81,756 7,216

2003–04² 82,131 6,646

¹Part-year costs.

²Estimate.

Note:
The costs in 2000–01, 2001–02 reflect the additional expense of purchase mobile telephone equipment.

£000
	Fixed lines	Mobile telephones
1999–2000	¹36,622	¹6,760
2000–01	85,483	14,275
2001–02	86,697	11,850
2002–03	81,756	7,216
2003–04²	82,131	6,646
¹Part-year costs.
²Estimate.