HC Deb 28 March 1996 vol 274 cc698-701W
Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture that(a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for from the Office of Public Service and its agencies in each of the past five years, listing by name any such items valued at £5,000 or more, and showing information technology material separately. [21704]

Mr. Willetts

Details of the cost and, where known, the number of items of equipment and furniture recorded as having been stolen or otherwise unaccounted for from the Cabinet Office, including the Office of Public Service and its agencies are as follows:

Within this period, the only item valued at £5,000 or more stolen or otherwise unaccounted for was a Compaq Systempro file server valued at £10,000 which was stolen from the information technology system branch in the Horse Guards road building during 1992–93.

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
IT material Other items IT material Other items IT material Other items IT material Other items
Financial year accounting No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £
(a) Stolen Cabinet Office (incl OPS) — — — — — — — — 4 11,000 — — 6 4,021 — —
RAS — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
OHSA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
CS College — — — — — — 5 2,250 22 36,362 5 2,769 — — 5 781
Chessington 1 126 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
SAFE1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
TBA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
COI — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Total (stolen) 1 126 0 0 0 0 5 2,250 26 47,362 5 2,769 6 4,021 5 781
1 The stolen IT items relating to each year for both SAFE and HMSO relate to stolen computer chips, the exact number of which is not available from current records.
1994–95 1995–96 Total
IT material Other items IT material Other items IT material Other items
Financial year accounting No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £
(a) Stolen Cabinet Office (including OPS) 5 6,975 6 525 — — 7 2,029 15 21,996 13 2,554
RAS — — — — 1 1,845 — — 1 1,845 — —
OHSA 2 3,000 1 200 1 500 — — 3 3,500 1 200
CS College — — — — 21 6,188 — — 43 42,550 15 5,800
Chessington 2 1,680 — — — — — — 2 1,680 — —
SAFE1 — 7,000 — — — 8,000 — — — 15,000 — —
TBA — — — — 1 1,000 — — 1 1,000 — —
COI 3 5,000 — — 33 9,690 — — 36 14,690 — —
Total (stolen) 12 23,655 7 725 57 27,223 7 2,029 101 102,261 29 8,554
1 The stolen IT items relating to each year for both SAFE and HMSO relate to stolen computer chips, the exact number of which is not available from current records.
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
IT material Other items IT material Other items IT material Other items IT material Other items
No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £
(b) Unaccounted for Cabinet Office (incl OPS) — — — — — — 1 20 — — 1 800 — — — —
RAS — — — — — — — — — — — — 10 15,509 — —
OHSA — — 1 686 — — — — — — — — — — — —
CS College — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Chessington — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
SAFE — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
TBA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
COI — — — — 12 864 — — 1 1,441 — — 3 276 — —
Total (stolen) 0 0 1 686 12 864 1 20 1 1,441 1 800 13 15,785 0 0
1994–95 1995–96 Total
IT Material Other items IT material Other items IT Material Other items
Total (stolen) Number £ Number £ Number £ Number £ Number £ Number £
(b) Unaccounted for — — — — — — — — — — — —
Cabinet Office (incl OPS) — — 2 210 — — 1 90 — — 5 1,120
RAS 4 1,597 — — 4 3,265 — — 18 20,371 — —
OHSA — — — — — — — — — — — —
CS College — — — — 6 4,089 — — 6 4,089 — —
Chessington — — — — — — — — — — — —
SAFE — — — — — — — — — — — —
TBA — — — — — — — — — — — —
COI 4 1,597 — — 11 386 — — 31 4,516 — —
Total (unaccounted) 8 3,146 2 210 21 7,740 1 90 55 28,976 5 1,120
£
1993 1994 1995 Total
IT material Other items IT Material Other items IT material Other items IT material Other items
Calender year accounting
HMSO1 2
(a) Stolen 9,500 0 6,050 0 51,000 0 66,550 0
1 The stolen IT items relating to each year for both SAFE and HMSO relate to stolen computer chips, the exact number of which is not available from current records.
2 HMSO have no items otherwise unaccounted for.

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