§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what equipment has been stolen from his Department since 1 May 1997; and what the approximate value of each item was; [26822]
(2) if he will list those items valued at more than £50 which have been stolen or lost from his Department in each of the last four years. [27994]
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§ Mr. McCartney[holding answer 22 January 2002]: Of a total of approximately 109,224 personal computers and laptops owned by the Department 179 have been stolen in the period in question—this represents 0.16 per cent. The total value of these items is estimated to be £217,300.
Information on items of a lesser value are recorded in the table.
Thefts in Department for Work and Pensions 1 May 1997 to end of year 2001 Category Quantity Estimated total cost CPU 64 44,400 Monitor 27 5,290 Keyboard 23 260 Memory Chip 6 3,600 Tape Drive 3 525 Cordless Telephone 1 70 Modem 9 900 Video Camera 2 2,250 Mobile Telephone 9 1,800 Print Sharer 1 100 Digital Camera 1 1,000 Disk Drive 1 200 Multi-media projector 1 3,000 DVD Player 1 281 Server 3 7,500 Card Reader 2 100 Pager 1 50 Mouse 22 511 Printer 72 44,650 Hard Drive 10 1,500 Motherboard 1 150 Fax 3 1,950 Miscellaneous1 1,445 1 Includes such items as server cable, cassette recorders and telephones.