To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in the last 12 months. (149192)

Since April 2006 one member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff has received an official warning for accessing the Internet for private use and for making personal overseas calls from an office extension. No FCO staff have been dismissed for either inappropriate use of the internet while at work or for using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in the last year.