To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. (181353)

86 people in my Department are currently issued with personal digital assistant devices. Of these, 36 are female and 50 are male. We do not hold this information broken down by year.

Of the 86 people issued with personal digital devices, 14 are based in the Government Olympic Executive, of which five are female and nine are male.