Records held on lost, missing or stolen mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and laptop computers are not differentiated between owners, i.e. Members or Members’ staff or House of Commons staff, nor between those issued by the House of Commons Service and those owned personally by Members or others. Lost and missing items are not separately recorded.
The total number of reported (a) lost or missing and (b) stolen items in the years 2001-08 is given as follows:
Mobile telephones PDAs Laptops 2001 4 0 0 2002 4 0 0 2003 0 0 0 2004 0 1 0 2005 0 0 0 2006 5 0 0 2007 14 0 1 2008 2 0 0
Telephones PDAs Laptops 2001 3 0 8 2002 4 0 3 2003 5 0 3 2004 0 1 3 2005 3 0 118 2006 1 0 4 2007 0 0 1 2008 2 0 0 117 laptop computers purchased by PCD were stolen from the back door of 7 Millbank in 2005 but these items had not at that time been allocated to Parliamentary users.