Subject	Predicate	Object
wivhVgck	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	LhhjF1lk
	answer has answering person	John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale
	answer text	<p>There have been no missing or lost ministerial red boxes from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and no red boxes which have had their security features removed between 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023.</p><p>The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.</p><p>It is a long standing convention under successive administrations that Ministers may pay to retain red boxes as a memento of their time in their role, as long as the security features are removed.<strong> </strong></p>
	answer given date	2023-05-16
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	wivhVgck
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	wivhVgck
LhhjF1lk	question has answer	wivhVgck
John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale	answering person has answer	wivhVgck