Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 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.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created by merging the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) with parts of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The amounts spent by BIS and DECC was as follows:
BIS
| FY 11-12 | FY 12-13 | FY 13-14 | FY 14-15 | FY 15-16 |
Paper | * | * | * | £14,115 | £3,088 |
iPads | * | * | * | £5,510 | £0 |
*Figures for the 11/12, 12/13 and 13/14 financial years cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost
DECC
| FY 11-12 | FY 12-13 | FY 13-14 | FY 14-15 | FY 15-16 |
Paper | ** | ** | ** | ** | £13,643.64 |
iPads | ** | ** | ** | £900 | £22,494 |
**Figures for the 11/12, 12/13, 13/14 and 14/14 (paper only) financial years cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost