Departmental Security

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. (228960)

The information requested in respect of the Treasury and the DMO is as follows:

Department	Year	Lost	Stolen	Total
H M Treasury	2001¹	—	—	—
	2002¹	—	—	—
	2003	125	3	128
	2004	17	0	17
	2005	34	2	36
	2006	46	2	48
	2007	74	0	74
	2008	76	2	78
	2001¹	—	—	—
	2002¹	—	—	—
	2003	11	0	11
	2004¹	—	—	—
	2005¹	—	—	—
	2006	2	0	0
	2007	0	0	0
	2008	3	0	3
¹ HM Treasury figures for 2001 and 2002. DMO figures for 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005 are not available, other than at disproportionate cost.

Departmental passes are disabled as soon as they are reported as lost or stolen, and do not contain information that links them to their respective building or organisation.

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008