Question follow-through · 12306
Digital Technology: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy to require (a) unused and (b) decommissioned (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones and (iii) other public sector devices to be donated to device banks.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 1 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy to require (a) unused and (b) decommissioned (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones and (iii) other public sector devices to be donated to device banks.
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
Digital inclusion is a priority for the Government and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is committed to extending the life of its equipment and devices, to reduce our environmental impact and provide more people with access to devices...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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