Mobile Phones (FOI_7076)

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Service: Corporate

The following information was requested:

Mobile Phones Issued to Public Servants Over the Last Five Years

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting information regarding mobile phones issued to public servants within all Non-Departmental Public Bodies sponsored by your department over the past five years. Specifically, I seek the following details for each of the financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24:

1. Number of Mobile Phones Issued: The total number of mobile phones issued to public servants within the all Non-Departmental Public Bodies sponsored by your department during each specified financial year.

2. Number Not Returned: The total number of mobile phones not returned to the Non-Departmental Public Bodies sponsored by your department after public servants left their employment in each specified financial year.

3. Number Remaining Active: The total number of mobile phones that remained active (i.e., connected to a network with ongoing service) after public servants left their employment in each specified financial year, including the duration (in months) these phones remained active post-departure, if available.

4. Costs of Phones Not Returned or Remaining Active:

a. The total cost of handsets for mobile phones that were not returned or remained active after civil servants left, broken down by year.

b. The total cost of data and phone call charges incurred by these mobile phones after the public servants’ departure, broken down by year.

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