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Departmental Security

Volume 481: debated on Monday 27 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) agencies sponsored by his Department in each year since 2001. (228937)

The following table shows lost and stolen passes from core DEFRA and its agencies from 2001 until 1 October 2008.

Lost

Stolen

DEFRA Core Department

2001

60

5

2002

108

16

2003

108

12

2004

152

18

2005

147

11

2006

138

13

2007

149

13

2008

106

7

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

2001

n/a

n/a

2002

10

0

2003

16

1

2004

20

1

2005

20

2

2006

7

0

2007

8

0

2008

6

0

Central Science Laboratory

2001

12

0

2002

14

0

2003

11

0

2004

15

0

2005

8

2

2006

5

1

2007

7

0

2008

7

0

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

2001

6

0

2002

9

0

2003

10

0

2004

6

0

2005

10

0

2006

12

0

2007

9

0

2008

6

0

Veterinary Laboratories Agency

2001

5

0

2002

8

1

2003

6

0

2004

7

0

2005

28

4

2006

11

0

2007

n/a

n/a

2008

29

0

Rural Payments Agency

2001

5

0

2002

23

1

2003

24

2

2004

19

2

2005

9

0

2006

40

4

2007

53

8

2008

74

5

Losses and thefts relating to passes issued to the Marine Fisheries Agency, the Government Decontamination Service and Pesticides Safety Directorate are included in the figures for DEFRA core Department. Data for lost/stolen passes for Veterinary Laboratories Agency are not available for 2007 due to a change in responsibility of pass production. Figures do not include Animal Health as information is not available. All electronic passes reported as lost or stolen are cancelled immediately on access control systems making them invalid. Losses of paper escorted and unescorted visitor passes (which are not able to activate access control points) are rare and are not recorded.