Departmental Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many of his Department’s (a) computers and (b) laptops were stolen in each of the last nine years; and what the total value was of stolen computers and laptops in this period. (109211)

The number of laptops and personal computers stolen in the last nine years is as follows:

	Number of laptops	Number of PCs	Approximate value per item (£)	Total approximate value (£)
1998	7	0	1,000	7,000
1999	5	0	1,000	5,000
2000	2	0	1,000	2,000
2001	3	0	1,000	3,000
2002	0	1	1,000	1,000
2003	8	0	1,326.58	10,612.64
2004	4	0	1,326.58	5,306
2005	22	0	1,326.58	29,184.76
2006	7	0	1,326.58	9,286.06

The total value of the equipment stolen was £72,389.46.

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 11 January 2007