§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those items valued at less than £50 each which have been stolen or lost from his Department in each of the last four years. [34223]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe information from HM Treasury's database of reported thefts is as follows:
Item Number 1998 Dictating machines 5 Answerphones 2 Wall clock 1 Briefcase 1 1999 Dictating machine 1 Computer memory chip 1 2000 Desklamps 2 Deutschmarks 100 2001 Computer mouse 1 Pack of Duracell Ultra batteries 1 Our policy is that all thefts and losses, no matter how small, should be reported to security. It is, however, likely that the loss of very low value items will not be reported consistently.