Departmental Security

To ask the Solicitor-General how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in (i) the Attorney-General’s Office and (ii) the agency sponsored by the Office in each year since 2001. (228958)

The following table shows the number of passes lost and stolen by staff in the Law Officers’ Departments since 2001.

*Attorney-General’s Office*¹*Treasury Solicitor’s Department*²*Crown Prosecution ServiceRevenue and Customs Prosecutions Office*³*HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate*⁴*Serious Fraud Office*
	Lost	Stolen	Lost	Stolen	Lost	Stolen	Lost	Stolen	Lost	Stolen	Lost	Stolen
2001	—	—	—	—	12	2	—	—	—	—	12	1
2002	—	—	—	—	3	3	—	—	—	—	5	3
2003	—	—	—	—	2	47	—	—	—	—	5	0
2004	—	—	—	—	3	51	—	—	—	—	5	0
2005	—	—	8	5	1	2	—	—	—	—	10	0
2006	—	—	49	2	8	22	—	—	2	0	8	0
2007	3	0	166	7	5	7	4	1	3	0	16	2
2008	3	0	105	2	3	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
¹ Prior to 2007, this was recorded by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. ² Figures are not available before August 2005. ³ Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) came into being on 18 April 2005 and until November 2007, the control of building security passes was the responsibility of HM Revenue and Customs. RCPO does not have access to their records. ⁴ HMCPSI figures are calculated for 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008