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Departmental Property

Volume 472: debated on Tuesday 26 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what property was lost or stolen from her Department and its predecessors since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. (187474)

The following table contains information about items valued at £100 or more and reported as stolen or lost for the years detailed. Information for years before 2002-03 is not held. Information on items stolen or lost and valued at less than £100 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

StolenLost

Item

Total value (£)

Item

Total value (£)

2002-03

Two laptops

600

2003-04

Two laptops

600

One mobile phone

200

2004-05

Two laptops

500

2005-06

Seven laptops

2,100

One mac600 mobile light

800

Two mac250+ mobile lights

980

One official black leather briefcase

100

One desktop PC and monitor

350

2006-07

Seven laptops

2,100

Four desktop PCs

2,700

One iPAQ projector

800

One mobile phone

200

One PC base unit

400

2007-08

Eight laptops

5,600

Two mobile phones

200

This answer does not include property owned by the Government Offices, who carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments, but does include CLG Agencies.

None of the information contained in the laptops or PCs above was classified. However, each laptop and desktop PC was password protected.