Departmental Equipment and Furniture

HC Deb 14 March 1996 vol 273 cc681-2W

Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture that have been stolen or are otherwise unaccounted for from the former Department for Education 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. [19413]

Mr. Robin Squire

The following table details the cost and number of items of equipment which were recorded as stolen or unaccounted for during each financial year from 1991–92 to 1995–96. Of the items recorded during this period, only one falls into the valuation category of £5,000 or more. This is a dispatch van, stolen in January 1996 and not yet recovered.

Department for Education: Value and number of items lost
	Number of items	Item(s) valued at £5,000 and over	Total value (£)
1991–92
Furniture	0
IT equipment	0
Other equipment	0
Totals 1991–92	n/k		0.00
1992–93
Furniture	0
IT equipment	0
Other equipment	0
Total 1992–93	n/k		0.00
1993–94
Furniture	0
IT equipment	6	n/a	8,000.00
Other equipment	0
Total 1993–94	6		8,000.00
1994–95
Furniture	0
IT equipment	21	n/a	20,700.00
Other equipment	0
Total 1994–95	21		20,700.00
1995–96 (to date):
Furniture	0
IT equipment	19		23,400.00
Other equipment	1	Despatch van	8,000.00
Total 1995–96	20		31,400.00
Total for the period	47		60,100.00