Question follow-through · 40586
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the median age is of computers issued to officials in their Department.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the median age is of computers issued to officials in their Department.
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2025
Answer published
The median age of laptop computers in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is 2.3 years.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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