§ Mr. Robert B. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department in the last three years for which information is available; and what was the value of each item.
Mr. Menzies CampellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department in the last three years for which information is available; and what was the value of each item.
§ Mr. HeseltineInformation is not available in precisely the form requested. The Department's losses and special payments register, from which the note to the appropriation accounts on losses is prepared, contains the following details for losses by fraud, theft, arson, sabotage, malicious damage and culpable negligence:
Number of items Value £ 1987–88 16 43,570 1988–89 44 23,070 1989–90 13 8,440 It is not possible without disproportionate cost to extract details for individual items or for loss by theft alone.