Departmental Mobile Phones

Grant Shapps
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on (a) purchasing and (b) operating (i) Blackberrys and (ii) other mobile telephones in 2006 to 2009.

Ann McKechin
Information is not available in the form requested. The total costs of Blackberrys and other mobile phones, including the cost of equipment, call charges and line rental, are set out in the following table.

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|       |Blackberrys|Other mobile phones|
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|2006-07|3,679.12   |3,460.19           |
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|2007-08|2,073.78   |3,983.52           |
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|2008-09|8,311.30   |2,107.50           |
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