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Departmental Equipment

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 11 January 2007

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Mr. Francois

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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. (109210)

Barry Gardiner

The following figures show the number of reported thefts of computers/laptops since the formation of DEFRA since 2001:

Number of items stolen

Estimated Value (£)

2001-02

13

15,427

2002-03

23

23,112

2003-04

2

1,151

2004-051

3

3,422

2005-061

18

14,292

1 Following the outsourcing of IT services to IBM in October 2004, computers/laptops are no longer classed as departmental assets as they form part of the overall contract for the provision of IT services with equipment therefore belonging to the contractor.