FOI release

Mobile devices owned and the renewal date of the DfE contract

Published 8 January 2014

  • Date requested: 18 April 2013
  • Date responded: 10 May 2013

1. Request

How many mobile devices do you have? (broken down into the following categories):

  • voice
  • smartphone
  • tablet
  • mobile broadband

What was your spend last year on mobile communications?

When is your mobile contract due for renewal?

2. Release

The department has the following number of devices:

  • 250 voice (mobile phones) as at 26 April 2013
  • 2,462 smartphones (including BlackBerrys) as at 8 April 2013
  • 2 tablets as at 8 April 2013
  • 48 mobile broadband 3G dongles as at 26 April 2013

The department spent £384,130.95 (including VAT) on mobile communications during the 2012 to 2013 financial year.

The department’s mobile contract is up for renewal in September 2015.