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Departmental Mobile Phones

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on (a) the purchase of and (b) bills for (i) BlackBerrys and (ii) other mobile telephones for (A) Ministers, (B) special advisers and (C) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. (268243)

The information requested on BlackBerrys and mobile telephones for the Department for Transport and its agencies is contained in the following table:

DfT(c)1

DVLA2

HA3

DSA4

MCA5

VOSA6

VCA7

GCDA8

2005-06

Bills—£37,000 (all mobiles as no BlackBerrys purchased in 2005-06)

Not available

£195,000

£43,000

No BlackBerry purchases. Bills—£129,000

£1,000 spent on mobiles. Bills—£379,000

£10,000

£17,000

2006-07

£63,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—96

Not available

£255,000

£41,000

£4,000 on BlackBerry purchases. Bills —£117,000

Bills—£310,000

£17,000

£30,000

2007-08

£18,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—£157,000

Not available

£387,000

£48,000

£208,000 on BlackBerry purchases for 2007-08 and 2008-09. Bills—£117,000

£3,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—£287,000

£25,000

£33,000

2008-09 (to date)

£11,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—£255,000

Mobile purchase—£15,000. Bills—£52,000

Figures not yet available

£52,000

BlackBerry purchases for 2008-09 included in 2007-08 Bills—£102,000

£2,000 spent on mobiles. £1,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—£258,000

£27,000

£33,000

1 Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all. Details for Ministers and special advisers not recorded separately.

2 No BlackBerrys purchased by DVLA.

3 Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs of BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.

4 Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.

5 Figures for purchase of mobiles not available, cannot split between BlackBerrys and mobiles on running costs.

6 Separation of running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.

7 Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.

8 Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.