To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. (274456)

Our records do not differentiate between mobile devices supplied to Ministers, special advisers and civil servants. The following departmentally provided equipment is recorded as follows:

14 mobile phones have been reported lost since 2005 and three BlackBerry devices have been reported stolen since 2005.

The following figures show an annual basis.