Robert Buckland corrected a written answer on Attorney General: ICT

9 March 2017 · Commons written answer · Attorney General

Justin Madders (Labour, Ellesmere Port and Neston) asked written question 65977 on 28 February 2017. Robert Buckland answered on 8 March 2017 for the Attorney General, and Robert Buckland corrected the answer on 9 March 2017. The corrected text adds the figures 10,423, 40,916, 52,721, 64,094, 69,657, 74,750, which the original did not give. Altogether 48 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
GLD expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT): 2012: nil 2013: nil 2014: £12,252.00 2015: nil 2016: £24,933.12 GLD has consistently consumed 13,960 boxes (69,800 reams) of paper per annum for the last 5 years. The cost for the period 2016-17 to date was £76,241. Accurate costs for earlier periods cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery. HMCPSI Expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT): 2012: nil 2013: nil 2014: nil 2015: nil 2016: nil Accurate costs for paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery. CPS and AGO The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not spent any money on iPads in the last five years. The CPS, including the Attorney General’s Office, spend on tablets over the last five years has been provided in the table below: Year Cost of Tablet including VAT(£) 2012 75,412 2013 0 2014 0 2015 46,077 2016 25,885* costs are estimated for 2016 (b) The CPS estimates that it has spent the following amounts on paper over the last 5 years: Year Cost (£) 2012 1,120,904 2013* 926,609 2014 983,802 2015 847,431 2016** 445,717 * costs for 2012 and 2013 are based on historic data provided by CPS stationery suppliers ** costs for 2014, 2015 and 2016 are estimated and based on total stationery spend for the periods. To identify all expenditure that relates solely and specifically to paper would involve the manual checking of thousands of invoices and would incur a disproportionate cost. Accurate costs for AGO paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.	GLD expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT): 2012: nil 2013: nil 2014: £12,252.00 2015: nil 2016: £24,933.12 GLD has consistently consumed 13,960 boxes (69,800 reams) of paper per annum for the last 5 years. The cost for the period 2016-17 to date was £76,241. Accurate costs for earlier periods cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery. HMCPSI Expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT): 2012: nil 2013: nil 2014: nil 2015: nil 2016: nil Accurate costs for paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery. CPS and AGO The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not spent any money on iPads in the last five years. The CPS, including the Attorney General’s Office, spend on tablets over the last five years has been provided in the table below: Year Cost of Tablet including VAT(£) 2012 75,412 2013 0 2014 0 2015 46,077 2016 25,885* costs are estimated for 2016 (b) The CPS estimates that it has spent the following amounts on paper over the last 5 years: Year Cost (£) 2012 1,120,904 2013* 926,609 2014 983,802 2015 847,431 2016** 445,717 * costs for 2012 and 2013 are based on historic data provided by CPS stationery suppliers ** costs for 2014, 2015 and 2016 are estimated and based on total stationery spend for the periods. To identify all expenditure that relates solely and specifically to paper would involve the manual checking of thousands of invoices and would incur a disproportionate cost. Accurate costs for AGO paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery. SFO The SFO does not separately record paper costs from overall stationery expenditure. Stationery Year Cost (£) 2012-13 64,094 2013-14 69,657 2014-15 74,750 2015-16 52,721 2016-17* 40,916 iPads & Tablets Year Cost (£) 2012-13 0 2013-14 10,423 2014-15 0 2015-16 0 2016-17* 9,475 * Spend as at 31/01/2017

Original

Corrected

GLD expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):
2012: nil
2013: nil
2014: £12,252.00
2015: nil
2016: £24,933.12
GLD has consistently consumed 13,960 boxes (69,800 reams) of paper per annum for the last 5 years. The cost for the period 2016-17 to date was £76,241. Accurate costs for earlier periods cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.
HMCPSI Expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):
2012: nil
2013: nil
2014: nil
2015: nil
2016: nil
Accurate costs for paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.
CPS and AGO
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not spent any money on iPads in the last five years.
The CPS, including the Attorney General’s Office, spend on tablets over the last five years has been provided in the table below:
Year Cost of Tablet including VAT(£)
2012 75,412
2013 0
2014 0
2015 46,077
2016 25,885*
*costs are estimated for 2016
(b) The CPS estimates that it has spent the following amounts on paper over the last 5 years:
Year Cost (£)
2012* 1,120,904
2013* 926,609
2014** 983,802
2015** 847,431
2016** 445,717
* costs for 2012 and 2013 are based on historic data provided by CPS stationery suppliers
** costs for 2014, 2015 and 2016 are estimated and based on total stationery spend for the periods.
To identify all expenditure that relates solely and specifically to paper would involve the manual checking of thousands of invoices and would incur a disproportionate cost.
Accurate costs for AGO paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.

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