To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. (268248)

The structure of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office accounts does not readily allow financial data relating to mobile devices to be broken down as requested, so a comprehensive answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

However, the accounts show the following annual expenditure, categorised as relating to mobile phones, incurred worldwide:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) BlackBerrys and (b) other mobile telephones have been provided to (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. (268292)

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has purchased, or upgraded, the following numbers of mobile devices centrally:

These figures do not include any devices that may have been purchased using devolved budgets. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of the users of these devices without incurring disproportionate cost.