Departmental Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many laptop computers have been provided to (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005; and at what cost. (268277)

Since 2005 the Department for International Development has provided the following laptop computers.

*Number of Laptops provided*
	Ministers	Special Advisers	Civil Servants	Cost (£)
2005	—	—	1,272	636,000
2006	—	—	524	288,200
2007	—	—	259	155,400
2008	—	—	1,366	625,204
2009	—	2	239	110,279

The figures in 2008 and 2009 reflect a programme to replace previously issued laptops.

Volume 491: debated on Wednesday 22 April 2009