§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a list of the equipment stolen from her Department in the last three years for which information is available; and what was the approximate value of each item.
§ Mr. Sackville[holding answer 16 February 1994]: The tables show the official equipment that has been stolen from the Department of Health's buildings together with its approximate value. Three buildings are jointly occupied by Department of Social Security staff but where the Department of Health, the major occupier, has building management responsibility, the tables include equipment from those buildings belonging to both Departments. One incident of theft in 1993 accounted for a large percentage of the total loss for that year. Measures intended to combat these thefts have been taken, including the branding of equipment to show ownership.
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Description of items Approximate value £ Period 1 January to 31 December 1991 2 battery chargers 120 Computer software 100 2 Computers (no software) 2,000 3 Computers and software 5,360 Thermo Anemometer 100 Mobile Telephone 220 Extension lead and adaptor 170 Camera and accessories 2,200 5 Answerphones 200 Dictaphone 230 2 Paperweights 5 10,705 Period 1 January to 31 December 1992 2 Computer file servers 1,700 9 Computers and software 24,010 25,710 Period 1 January to 31 December 1993 45 Computers and software 80,120 5 Printers 6,250 Disks 6,410 3 Keyboards 300 Software 650 4 Mobile Telephones 350 Video Recorder 400
Description of items Approximate value £ 17 Answerphones 650 95,130