To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the statement of 21 January 2008, Official Report, column 1225, on MoD (data loss), how many of the 347 laptops stolen or lost from the Ministry of Defence since 2004 have been recovered. (182359)

As a result of the theft of the Royal Navy laptop, the Ministry of Defence has initiated an investigation into the details of all computers lost or stolen since 2003. This investigation is under way and I will write to the hon. Member when the information is available and arrange for a copy of my letter to be placed in the Library of the House.