§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many security passes have been reported(a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in departmental agencies in the last 12 months. [147906]
§ Ms Rosie Winterton[pursuant to her reply, 15 January 2004, Official Report, c. 859 W]: I regret my previous response was incorrect. The response should have read as follows.
The records, where available, of building access passes issued by Department of Health Executive Agencies, and subsequently reported as lost or stolen, indicate that 37 passes were lost and three were stolen during the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003.