HC Deb 25 May 2000 vol 350 cc619-20W
Mr. Keith Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been(a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. [123744]

Angela Eagle

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

2. The State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme has been excluded from the calculation of occupational pensions.

3. Pensioners with incomes below the minimum income guarantee are excluded on other grounds such as full-time employment if appropriate.

4. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10,000 and shown in thousands.

5. Sums may not total because of rounding.

6. Tariff income is calculated using all capital held by a case above the lower limit.