Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much (a) his Ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on lap-top computers since May 2002; and how many lap-top computers have been (i) lost and (ii) stolen since May 2002; how much has been spent on purchasing (a) fans and (b) air conditioning units by (i) his Ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002; how many (a) DVD players, (b) CD players, (c) televisions and (d) radios have been purchased by (i) his Ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002; and what the cost was in each case. - Will write.

Answer: Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how much (a) his ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non- departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on lap-top computers since May 2002; and how many lap-top computers have been (i) lost and (ii) stolen since May 2002; [138124] (2) how much has been spent on purchasing (a) fans and (b) air conditioning units by (i) his ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002; [138121] (3) how many (a) DVD players, (b) CD players, (c) televisions and (d) radios have been purchased by (i) his ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002; and what the cost was in each case. [138136] Yvette Cooper: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 413 c1289W;413 c1285W; 138124;138121;138136
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Computers Executive agencies Audio equipment Expenditure Government departments Electronic equipment Non-departmental public bodies Radio Television Theft Video equipment Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Air conditioning Ministers' private offices
Contains statistics: Yes
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