§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those items valued at more than £50 which have been stolen or lost from his Department in each of the last four years. [27992]
MoonieReported cases of stolen equipment are held centrally on a summary basis and relate only to suspected theft by Crown personnel and contractors of stores and equipment, usually recorded as multiples or combinations of small value items such as tools, items of clothing, foodstuffs etc. Full details of items of equipment valued at more than £50 which have been proven to have been stolen or recorded as lost could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, a list of separately identified discrete items suspected of being stolen in each of the last four financial years and with an estimated individual or collective loss value of £1,000.00 or more is given as follows:
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Equipment £ 1997–98 Laptop computers (18) 38,010 Night vision goggles 1,600 Camcorder 1,200 Dental gold 12,015 Propeller blades 32,000 Notebook computer 1,000 VHS recorders (2) 1,000 Engines (2) 4,162 Weapon sight 1,389 Outboard motor 1,101 Thinkpad computer 2,000 Land Rover tyres (15) 1,537 Weapon sight 1,736 Binoculars (3) 1,190 Land Rover and tools 32,011 1998–99 Laptop computers (2) 3,400 Laptop computer/CD Rom/printer 3,485 Industrial cleaner 1,551 Spare wheels (10) 6,419 Land Rover FFR 30,000 Personal computer 1,512 Computer/mouse/keyboard 1,000 Night vision scope 2,674 Common weapon sight 1,424 Land Rover sqare wheels (10) 1,049 Litepro projector 4,445 Litepro projector and computer 6,445 Laptop computer and printer 1,449 LCD projector 4,274
Equipment £ 1999–2000 Operational ration packs (4,000) 2,755 Night goggles (2) 22,768 2000–01 Laptop computers (4) 7,748 Trailer 3,698 Computer/printer/fax/TV/VCR 1,750 Mobile phones (4)/laptop computer 2,000 Camouflage poles 3,500 Personal computer/printer/power unit 3,000 Diesel stove 2,918 Mobile phone 'top-up' cards (400) 13,300 Landrover 23,800 Vauxhall Astra 1,206 Motorcycle 1,915