Departmental ICT
Duchy of Lancaster
Written answers and statements, 19 May 2008
Sarah Teather (Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Brent East, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to his staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
Mark Hoban (Shadow Minister, Treasury; Fareham, Conservative)
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many of his Department's personal digital assistants were (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last five years; and what the value of those items was.
Phil Hope (Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office; Corby, Labour)
Cabinet Office central records show the numbers of mobile phones, personal digital assistants and laptop computers issued to staff and reported lost, missing and stolen in each year since 2001 are as follows:
| Mobile phones | PDAs | Laptops | |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
The value of the personal digital assistants lost and stolen is £1,186.06.