FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4411

You asked

Please provide complete answers to the following questions:

  1. What is the name of your organisation?
  2. How many employees are at your organisation?
  3. How many mobile phone and mobile broadband (data only) connections do you currently have in total?
  4. How many of these are data only (for laptops and tablets)?
  5. How many of these are voice and data (for mobile phones)?
  6. Who is your mobile phone network provider?
  7. Do you have a shared data bundle or individual allowances?
  8. What is your organisations average total data usage across all connections?
  9. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in April 2021?
  10. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in May 2021?
  11. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in June 2021?
  12. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in July 2021?
  13. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in August 2021?
  14. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in September 2021?
  15. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in October 2021?
  16. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in November 2021?
  17. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in December 2021?
  18. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in January 2022?
  19. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in February 2022?
  20. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in March 2022?
  21. Do these numbers include VAT?
  22. When did you renew your mobile phone contract?
  23. How long does your contract run for?
  24. What is the renewal date of your contract?
  25. How did you source your contract?
  26. What is the value of your hardware/technology/transformation fund provided with the contract (if none provided please mark as n/a)
  27. Who is the shareholder/primary contact for this contract?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

Please see the following answers to your questions:

1.     What is the name of your organisation?

The Office for National Statistics.

2.     How many employees are at your organisation?

August 2022 we had 5858 employees.

3.     How many mobile phone and mobile broadband (data only) connections do you currently have in total?

We have 1,113 BAU Mobile Data Contracts and 1,127 FFS Mobile Data Contracts.

4.     How many of these are data only (for laptops and tablets)?

We have 182 BAU Mobile Data Contracts.

5.     How many of these are voice and data (for mobile phones)?

931 BAU Mobile Data Contracts and 1127 FFS Mobile Data Contracts.

6.     Who is your mobile phone network provider?

Vodafone.

7.     Do you have a shared data bundle or individual allowances?

Both the BAU Mobile Data Contracts and FFS Mobile Data Contracts have shared data bundles.

8.     What is your organisations average total data usage across all connections?

Our usage was 1447.37GB (Last 12 Month Average -- Sept 2021-Aug 2022) for the BAU Mobile Data Contracts; and 1105.46GB (Last 3 Months -- May 2022 to August 2022) for the FFS Mobile Data Contracts.

9.     What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in April 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £13,045
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £13,225

10. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in May 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £13,007
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £15,316

11. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in June 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £13,753
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £9,993

12. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in July 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £13,785
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £9,918

13. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in August 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £12,887
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £9,989

14. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in September 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £12,913
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £10,003

15. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in October 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £12,875
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £9,943

16. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in November 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £12,913
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £10,003

17. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in December 2021?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £12,721
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £9,997

18. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in January 2022?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £12,485
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £9,997

19. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in February 2022?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £12,679
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £10,112

20. What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in March 2022?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts £12,502
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts £10,112

21. Do these numbers include VAT?

No these numbers do not include VAT.

22. When did you renew your mobile phone contract?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts February 2020
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts December 2020

23. How long does your contract run for?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts 2 Years + 1 Year Option to extend
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts 1 Year + 1 Year Option to extend

24. What is the renewal date of your contract?

  • BAU Mobile Data Contracts February 2023
  • FFS Mobile Data Contracts December 2022

25. How did you source your contract?

Crown Commercial Services -- Network Services 2 Framework

26. What is the value of your hardware/technology/transformation fund provided with the contract (if none provided please mark as n/a)

Not Applicable.

27. Who is the shareholder/primary contact for this contract?

Contact details of members of staff are personal data and therefore withheld from release under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. All commercial enquiries can be directed to the following address pu.customer.services@ons.gov.uk.