To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001. (184341)

The Department for Transport was formed in 2002 and includes seven agencies, a shared service centre and the central Department, with a total staff of over 19,000. The figures provided here for lost, missing and stolen devices are for the entire Department including its agencies and shared service centre. The figures provided do not include losses or thefts where records are not available, where equipment has not been procured centrally, or where such losses or thefts were not reported. There is no distinction in the records between lost and missing devices. The number of those and of stolen mobile devices for each year since the Department's formation in 2002 is as follows.

2007

15 mobile telephones were lost or missing and 5 were stolen,

5 personal data assistants were lost or missing and 2 were stolen,

6 laptop computers were lost or missing and 24 were stolen.

2006

13 mobile telephones were lost or missing and 15 were stolen,

1 personal data assistant was lost or missing and 5 were stolen,

4 laptop computers were lost or missing and 9 were stolen.

2005

6 mobile telephones were lost or missing and 22 were stolen,

no personal data assistants were lost or missing and 1 was stolen,

4 laptop computers were lost or missing and 14 were stolen.

2004

13 mobile telephones were lost or missing and 24 were stolen,

no personal data assistants were lost or missing and 1 was stolen,

1 laptop computer was lost or missing and 23 were stolen.

2003

9 mobile telephones were lost or missing and 20 were stolen,

no personal data assistants were lost or missing and 1 was stolen,

no laptop computers were lost or missing and 13 were stolen.

2002

1 mobile telephone was lost or missing and 2 were stolen,

no personal data assistants were lost or missing and 4 were

stolen,

no laptop computers were lost or missing and 7 were stolen.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of her Department's personal digital assistants have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last five years; and what the value of those items was. (185269)

The Department for Transport includes seven agencies, a shared service centre and the central Department, with a total staff of over 19,000. The figures provided here for lost, missing and stolen devices are for the entire Department including its agencies and shared service centre. The figures provided do not include losses or thefts where records are not available, where equipment has not been procured centrally, or where such losses or thefts were not reported. All hand held devices including BlackBerries and other palm or pocket PC type devices have been included, with unit values typically from £100 to £350. The number of lost and stolen personal data assistants in each of the last five years is as follows.

2007

5 personal data assistants were lost or missing and 2 were stolen.

The value of these items was £1,644.

2006

1 personal data assistant was lost or missing and 5 were stolen.

The value of these items was £1,724.

2005

no personal data assistants were lost or missing and 1 was stolen.

The value of this item was £300.