Reference: FOI-2024-1932 

You asked

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to know the following:

Please detail the number of laptops, tablets and phones purchased by your department, as well as the average cost per device.

Please provide this information by year (April to March, including this year) for the past three years.

We said

Thank you for your request. Please see the following answers to your questions.

April 2021 - March 2022:

  • Laptops - 1023 purchased | Average cost of £855
  • Tablets - 0 purchased
  • Phones - 2 purchased | average cost of £269

April 2022 - March 2023:

  • Laptops - 2799 purchased | average cost of £959
  • Tablets - 84 purchased | average cost of £1671
  • Phones - 471 purchased | average cost of £245

April 2023 - March 2024:

  • Laptops - 2233 purchased | average cost of £767
  • Tablets - 155 purchased | average cost of £462
  • Phones - 0 purchased | average cost of £0