The information is as follows.
Ministerial Team
The costs of laptops in 2005 to 2007 are not recorded separately and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Number Cost (£) 2005 1 n/a 2006 1 n/a 2007 1 n/a 2008 1 1,047 2009 1 1,047 n/a = Not available.
Special advisers
The cost and numbers of any laptops provided to special advisers in 2005 and 2006 are not recorded separately and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Number Cost (£) 2005 n/a n/a 2006 n/a n/a 2007 1 1,178 2008 2 11,047 2009 0 — n/a = Not available. 1 Plus one laptop reused.
The Department as a whole (figures include those above). Cost information for 2005 and 2006 is not centrally held and can be provided only at disproportionate cost. A further 31 laptops were purchased during 2007 as part of a wider project to upgrade the CLG network and costs cannot be disaggregated from the overall project costs.
Number Cost (£) 2005 237 n/a 2006 140 n/a 2007 61 72,089 2008 123 182,582 2009 159 285,227 n/a = Not available.