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Departmental Data Protection

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 22 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 94-6W, on departmental data protection, how many (a) desktop computers, (b) laptop computers, (c) hard drives and (d) memory sticks have gone missing from (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each year since 2003. (249148)

The following tables show the number of officially issued assets centrally reported as missing (lost and stolen) from the MOD and its agencies since 2003. The figures in the following tables reflect the latest data held centrally as at 20 January 2009.

Figures for missing desktop computers, laptop computers, hard drives and USBflash memory devices for the MOD from 2003-08

MOD organisations

Laptop

Desktop

HDD

USB

2003

Air Command

6

2

MOD Centre

12

5

Defence Estates

4

Defence Equipment and Support

9

5

Defence Support Groups

1

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

3

Navy Command

27

10

4

Land Command

78

11

3

MET Office

7

PJHQ

14

UK Hydrographic Office

1

Other

Total

151

42

9

0

2004

Air Command

14

1

2

MOD Centre

7

16

11

3

Defence Estates

50

1

Defence Equipment and Support

14

1

2

Defence Support Group

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

1

Navy Command

28

1

9

Land Command

160

11

1

24

MET Office

PJHQ

17

1

UK Hydrographic Office

Other

Total

291

32

25

27

Figures for missing desktop computers, laptop computers, hard drives and USBflash memory devices for the MOD from 2003-08

MOD organisations

Laptop

Desktop

HDD

USB

2005

Air Command

14

3

5

MOD Centre

3

Defence Estates

1

Defence Equipment and Support

12

Defence Support Group

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

5

Navy Command

18

5

2

Land

73

15

6

1

Met Office

2

PJHQ

1

1

UK Hydrographic Office

Other

Total

128

23

14

2

2006

Air Command

11

2

1

3

MOD Centre

14

1

Defence Estates

2

Defence Equipment and Support

14

32

Defence Support Group

1

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Navy Command

21

3

3

Land Command

116

19

8

51

MET Office

3

1

PJHQ

3

UK Hydrographic Office

Other

Total

181

25

47

56

Figures for missing desktop computers, laptop computers, hard drives and USB flash memory devices for the MOD from 2003-08

MOD organisations

Laptop

Desktop

HDD

USB

2007

Air Command

8

1

MOD Centre

9

4

Defence Estates

5

1

1

Defence Equipment and Support

10

Defence Support Group

1

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

1

Navy Command

7

4

2

Land Command

77

9

6

2

MET Office

1

PJHQ

4

1

1

1

UK Hydrographic Office

Other

Total

123

15

9

9

2008

Air Command

104

1

15

MOD Centre

13

1

16

Defence Estates

4

3

Defence Equipment and Support

16

20

1

Defence Support Group

1

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

3

1

Navy Command

28

7

6

11

Land Command

38

37

37

39

MET Office

2

PJHQ

5

16

10

UK Hydrographic Office

Other

3

2

Total

217

47

80

96

Note:

Memory sticks are defined by MOD as USB flash memory devices.

DT—Desktop Computers

LT—Laptop Computers

HD—Hard drives

USB—USB flash memory devices

Other—the MOD agency could not be identified