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Written question asked by Justin Madders (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 February 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 March 2017. It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Department for Work and Pensions: ICT

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answer

(a) The amount spent on iPads and tablets in each of the last 5 years is as follows:

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

Total

iPads

£ -

£ -

£ 3,169

£ 2,876

£ 2,759

£ 8,803

Tablets

£ -

£ -

£ 3,638

£ 3,661,288

£ 15,367

£ 3,680,293

Total

£ -

£ -

£ 6,806

£ 3,744,163

£ 18,127

£ 3,769,096

All figures are inclusive of VAT and relate to the cost of the device only.

Purchases of tablets relate to the deployment of tablets to replace laptops for certain categories of end user.

(b) We have the following spend data for Office copier paper:

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17 (YTD 01/17)

£2,543,643

£2,173,328

£1,670,000

£1,400,000

£1,011,000

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
65995
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Department for Work and Pensions ICT Paper
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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