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Office Equipment

Answer

In 2000 the Department of Trade and Industry transferred ownership of its core IT infrastructure as part of a long-term private finance initiative (PFI) agreement to a consortium led by Fujitsu. The use of IT equipment such as PCs, laptops, servers, scanners and printers is now, in the main, provided as a service through the PFI partner, Fujitsu. The use of photocopiers is also provided mainly through supplier leasing arrangements. Details of fax machines owned by the Department are shown in the following table. The chief executives of the Department's Agencies have been asked to write to the hon. Member in respect of their equipment holdings.

Department of Trade and Industry: fax machines Number
	2003–04	2004–05
East Midlands	3	3
Eastern	4	4
London	214	183
North East	12	12
North West	2	2
Scotland	10	10
South East	3	3
South West	4	4
Wales	6	6
West Midlands	4	4
Yorkshire and Humberside	8	8
Total	270	239

Letter from John Taylor, dated 2 February 2006:"The data about quantities and locations of Acas office equipment requested in this written Parliamentary Question are set out in the attached tables."

ACAS equipment by location, 2003–04
Region	Fax	Laptop	PC	Photocopier	Printer	Scanner	Server
Scotland	14	12	75	3	39	0	1
Wales	10	12	43	2	29	0	3
East	20	14	43	3	28	0	1
East Midlands	12	12	68	3	50	0	9
London	109	349	537	11	313	5	33
North East	11	33	42	3	22	0	1
North West	39	29	110	4	59	0	2
South East	58	27	114	2	80	1	5
South West	14	12	63	2	31	1	2
West Midlands	27	43	52	4	40	0	1
Yorkshire and Humberside	22	34	47	3	45	0	2
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grand Total	336	577	1,194	40	736	7	60

ACAS equipment by location, 2004–05
Region	Fax	Laptop	PC	Photocopier	Printer	Scanner	Server
Scotland	14	17	67	3	42	0	1
Wales	11	17	41	3	29	0	2
East	18	40	45	3	32	0	2
East Midlands	11	13	64	3	35	0	2
London	118	263	704	11	280	9	52
North East	10	31	40	3	22	0	1
North West	44	44	129	3	67	0	3
South East	65	34	125	2	107	0	4
South West	12	8	59	2	28	1	1
West Midlands	30	46	47	4	43	0	0
Yorkshire and Humberside	22	39	59	3	45	0	2
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grand Total	355	554	1,380	40	730	10	70

Letter from Tim Moss, dated 2 February 2006:"I am responding to your recently tabled Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on behalf of Companies House, which is an Executive Agency of the DTI. ""The number of pieces of equipment in each area is as follows: "

	2004–05				2003–04
	Scotland	Wales	London	Scotland	Wales	London
(a) Personal computers	62	1,216	11	62	899	11
(b) Laptops	0	52	0	0	37	0
(c) Servers	2	154	0	2	149	0
(d) Printers	7	334	4	7	292	4
(e) Scanners	1	14	0	1	11	0
(f) Photocopiers	1	28	1	1	28	1
(g) Fax machines	1	38	1	1	33	1
(h) Multi-function (copier, printer, fax)	0	7	0	0	2	0

"We do not have an office in Northern Ireland and consequently no equipment. "Letter from Desmond Flynn, dated 2 February 2006:"The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply to you directly on behalf of The Insolvency Service in respect of your question (2005/2566) asking about our holdings of personal computers and associated equipment and office photocopiers and faxes in 2003–4 and 2004–5, broken down by region. ""I enclose a table showing the information requested. "

The Insolvency Service: computer equipment and office machinery holdings
	Personal Computers	Laptops	Servers	Printers	Scanners	Copiers	Fax machines
2003–04
East Midlands	95	0	9	13	0	5	3
Eastern	164	0	15	19	0	12	9
London	425	70	18	50	4	10	18
North East	119	0	9	13	0	6	5
North West	198	1	12	22	0	10	8
Scotland	11	0	0	2	0	3	2
South East	208	1	15	23	0	9	11
South West	197	1	18	26	2	11	11
Wales	62	0	6	8	0	4	2
West Midlands	290	25	27	40	2	10	14
Yorkshire and Humberside	63	0	6	8	0	4	2
Total	1,832	98	135	224	8	84	85
2004–05
East Midlands	105	4	6	16	0	5	3
Eastern	177	8	10	23	0	13	9
London	469	76	22	85	6	10	18
North East	136	9	6	16	0	6	5
North West	208	21	8	33	0	10	8
Scotland	11	1	0	2	0	3	2
South East	229	10	10	28	0	10	11
South West	220	9	12	34	2	11	11
Wales	67	4	4	13	0	3	2
West Midlands	383	36	26	46	4	11	16
Yorkshire and Humberside	76	9	4	9	0	4	2
Total	2,081	187	108	305	12	86	87

Letter from Jeanne Spinks, dated 2 February 2006:"You asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) personal computers, (b) laptops, (c) servers, (d) printers, (e) scanners, (f) photocopiers and (g) fax machines (i) his Department, (ii) each (A) non-departmental public body, (B) executive agency and (C) other public body for which his Department is responsible in (1) Scotland, (2) Wales, (3) each of the English regions and (4) Northern Ireland owned in (x) 2003–04 and (y) 2004–05. ""The figures are as follows. "

	2003–04				2004–05
	Scotland	Wales	England	Scotland	Wales	England
(a) PCs	3	4	62	3	4	61
(b) Laptops	3	1	47	3	1	47
(c) Servers	3	0	14	3	0	13
(d) Printers	26	24	315	26	22	313
(e) Scanners	0	0	6	0	0	6
(f) Photocopiers	0	0	8	0	0	8
(g) Fax Machines	4	1	47	4	1	46

Letter from Dr. Jeff Llewellyn, dated 2 February 2006:"The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML) to your question regarding how many (a) personal computers, (b) laptops, (c) servers, (d) printers, (e) scanners, (f) photocopiers and (g) fax machines (i) his Department, (ii) each (A) non-departmental public body, (B) executive agency and (C) other public body for which his Department is responsible in (1) Scotland, (2) Wales, (3) each of the English regions and (4) Northern Ireland owned in (x) 2003–04 and (y) 2004–05.""The IT equipment in use in NWML for the years 2003–04 and 2004–05 is shown in the table below:"

	2003–04	2004–05
Personal Computers	75	86
Laptops	13	17
Servers	8	14
Printers	18	11
Scanners	3	4
Photocopiers	0	0
Fax Machines	3	3
(3) Three leased.

"This is a hardware list that includes laboratory equipment. It does not include network infrastructure, peripherals or software."Letter from Ron Marchant, dated 2 February 2006:"I am responding to this parliamentary question, tabled on 20 December 2005, regarding what equipment the Patent Office owned in 2003–04 and 2004–05"

	31 December:
	2003	2004
Personal Computers	1,650	1,761
Laptops	194	217
Servers	78	89
Printers	1,333	1,418
Scanners	80	75
Photocopiers	41	41
Faxes	52	36
(4) Photocopiers were leased rather than owned.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

40107; 442 c649-54W;442 c649-54W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Computers Executive agencies Department of Trade and Industry Government departments Electronic equipment Public bodies Non-departmental public bodies

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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