Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to data entitled Transparency GPC Transactions over £500 Nov 2021, published online by his Department on 8 August 2022, showing that 48 laptop computers were purchased using a GPC on 8 November 2021, how many of those laptops were replacements for existing laptops in use by his Department; and, of those existing laptops, how many had been in use for more than three years.

The laptops were purchased not by the Attorney General’s Office, but by the Government Legal Department (GLD). They were purchased for recently recruited staff. 5 of the laptops were allocated to staff as replacements for existing hardware that was faulty and beyond repair. None were replacements for working laptops already in use by staff.