HC Deb 11 March 1996 vol 273 cc463-4W
Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture that(a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for from his Department and its agencies in each of the past five years, listing by name any such items valued at £5,000 or more, and showing information technology material separately. [19037]

The Attorney-General

No equipment or furniture has been stolen from my own office in the past five years nor from the Government Property Lawyers Agency since its inception on 1 April 1993. The number of items and cost of equipment and furniture stolen from the Treasury Solicitor's Department, Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service is stated in the table. No item was valued at £5,000 or more.

IT equipment stolen Non-IT equipment and furniture stolen
Items £ Items £
1991 6 8,300 1 400
1992 24 33,627 6 2,000
1993 19 16,930 11 1,114
1994 12 10,051 17 5,116
1995 8 13,608 17 6,904

Two non-IT items, costing in total £1,300, were otherwise unaccounted for from the Serious Fraud Office in 1995. No other items were otherwise unaccounted for in the past five years from the departments and agency for which I am responsible.

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