Theft

Mr. David Jones
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many incidents of theft of the property of (a) hon. Members and (b) hon. Members’ staff have been notified to the House authorities in each of the last three years.

Nick Harvey
The following figures show the total numbers of thefts across the parliamentary estate and the number of thefts from hon. Members. Separate records of thefts from hon. Members’ staff are not kept and these are included in “other thefts”.

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|    |Thefts from hon. Members|Other thefts|Total thefts|
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|2004|4                       |29          |33          |
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|2005|5                       |15          |20          |
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|2006|2                       |19          |21          |
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