To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many of his Department’s (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. [Official Report, 27 February 2008, Vol. 472, c. 18MC.] (168597)

13 laptops have been stolen from the Department for International Development in 2007, all of which had encrypted hard disks. The estimated value of these laptops was £9,087. No other computers have been stolen from DFID in 2007.