FOI2025/00253: Mobile Phones within Non-Departmental Public Bodies
Case reference FOI2025/00253
Received 27 February 2025
Published 22 April 2025
Request
Request Received: 27 February 2025
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 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.
Response
Response Sent: 13 March 2025
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