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Mr. Vaz
To ask the Lord President of the Council what was the telephone bill for the Palace of Westminster for each year from 1979 to the present date.
Sir Geoffrey Howe
Telephone call charges for the Palace of Westminster for the financial years 1979 to 1989 were as follows:
| Financial year ending April | £ |
| 1979 | 306,300 |
| 1980 | 255,650 |
| 1981 | 368,400 |
| 1982 | 492,500 |
| 1983 | 470,302 |
| 1984 | 437,249 |
| 1985 | 499,497 |
| 1986 | 488,435 |
| 1987 | 481,989 |
| 1988 | 474,101 |
| 1989 | 559,397 |