To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) car telephones were held by (i) his Department, (ii) his Department's agencies and (iii) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997. [104178]

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was created on 29 May 2002. The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) car telephones were recorded as (i) lost or (ii) stolen by (A) his Department, (B) his Department's agencies and (C) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; how many were reported to the police in each case; how many resulted in an insurance claim; and what the outcome was in each case. [104185]

Lost phones are dealt with as a local matter by the holding group and no central records are readily available to answer the question. It is the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's general policy, not to take insurance cover, in line with Government Accounting recommendations.