To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of the replacement of such property. (274945)

[holding answer 12 May 2009]: 1,237 cases of theft of MOD property were reported to the Ministry of Defence police and service police during the last 12 months. It is not possible to identify the individual items reported stolen and the cost of replacing them without incurring disproportionate cost.