To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. (274470)

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 18,000. The figures provided here are for lost and stolen mobile telephones and BlackBerrys 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.

The number of mobile telephones and BlackBerrys used by Ministers, special advisers and civil servants lost and stolen from the Department in each year since 2005 are as follows: