To ask the Lord President of the Council how many mobile phones have been supplied to his Department in each of the last eight years; and in each of those years how many different suppliers were involved. [9130]

Excluding the office of my right hon. and noble Friend the Lord Privy Seal, the information for the Privy Council Office is as follows. Three mobile phones were purchased between 1989 and 1992, all from the same supplier; the exact year of purchase is no longer recorded. One telephone was supplied in 1993. Two telephones were purchased in 1995, from two different suppliers. No telephones were supplied in 1994.