Equipment and Furniture

HC Deb 25 February 1997 vol 291 c176W

Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the President of the Board of Trade 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 during the past 12 months, listing by name any such items valued at £5,000 or more, and showing information technology material separately. [17066]

Mr. John M. Taylor

Details of equipment stolen or otherwise unaccounted for from the Department during the last 12 months are as follows. All incidents involving losses exceeding £5,000 are listed individually, to the nearest £1,000.

1996–97		Value (£)
IT equipment incidents	34	375,000
Other equipment incidents	1	3,000
Items over £5,000, as follows:
Irreparable damage to personal computers		60,000
Theft of:
Memory SIMMs		20,000
File Server		100,000
Memory SIMMs		16,000
Memory SIMMs		7,000
Theft of personal computers		5,000
File server		100,000
Theft of PC		10,000