Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 19 January 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(1) how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type;
(2) if he will list the property belonging to his Department that has been (a) stolen and (b) reported lost in each year since 1997, broken down by type of article.
DWP was formed in June 2001 from Department of Social Security and parts of the former Department for Education and Employment, including the Employment Service. Information prior to June 2001 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Information is collected only for capital assets, which comprise all IT equipment, regardless of value, as well as other assets with a value of £2,500 or over. Information on the numbers of such assets lost, stolen or unaccounted for in each year since June 2001 is in the table.
Number | |
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2001–02 | 1,567 |
2002–03 | 1,204 |
2003–04 | 1,016 |
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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