To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff of the National Audit Office were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. (181352)

The information requested is set out as follows. This includes SmartPhones which have personal digital assistant (PDA) functionality. For 2006 and 2007 these numbers include more than once those SmartPhones that were issued for staff to test, withdrawn and then reissued. There are currently 20 staff with active SmartPhones.