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Written question asked by Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 18 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 January 2008. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 19 May 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Departmental ICT

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in her Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement.
Answer

The requested information is given in the following table.Data for Blackberry and Personal Digital Assistants issued to staff for years 2005 until 2008 is shown in the table as follows.It would not be economically viable to provide data for years 2001-04.

Blackberry and PDA
Male Female
2005 64 28
2006 163 74
2007 128 70
2008 4 4

In addition to these numbers there are another four Personal Digital Assistants issued to male members of staff since 2001, however it is not possible to specify the year they were issued.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
476 c102-3W; 181358
Session
2007-08
Subjects
ICT Home Office
Link
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