<p>The figures for the Department for Business and Trade from 1 April 2023 to 10 November 2023 for phones and laptops are below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Item </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Phone</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>£ 30,285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laptop</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>£ 30,734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>96</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> £ 61,019</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has no record of lost removable devices, including memory sticks or external hard-drives.</p><p> </p><p>All departmental IT is fully security encrypted.</p><p> </p><p>The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the</p><p>Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.</p><p> </p><p>Any mobile device reported as lost is immediately and remotely deactivated and the</p><p>contents deleted. The user account on any laptop reported as lost is immediately.</p><p>and remotely locked.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no data loss or compromise as a result of these losses.</p>