Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231446]
Mr. Sutcliffe: My Department has lost the following equipment in the last 12 months:
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Number |
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Blackberry |
4 |
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Mobile phone |
3 |
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Floppy disk drive unit |
1 |
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Memory stick |
2 |
The data held on the mobile phones and memory stick is the only data that has been lost. The e-mails held on Blackberrys are deleted remotely as soon as they are reported missing. The memory sticks held a small number of files and there are no reports that this included sensitive or personal data.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231438]
Mr. Douglas Alexander: The Department for International Development (DFID) can confirm the following information:
(a) Equipment loss—Nine laptops were stolen during the period 2007-08. All DFID laptops have secure encryption technology and no data has been put at risk.
(b) The Department for International Development, in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, did not report any personal data related incidents for the period 2007-08.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231428]
Mr. Paul Murphy: My Department has lost one mobile phone and one security pass in the last 12 months. No data has been lost in that period.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what (a) equipment and (b) data was reported lost by the House of Commons Service in the last 12 months. [231425]
Nick Harvey: I refer the hon. Member to replies to the hon. Member for Torbay (Mr. Sanders) on 13 October 2008, Official Report, column 858W, and the hon. Member for Brent, East (Sarah Teather) on 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 545W. Since then it has been reported that 10 chairs were stolen from Portcullis House.
Mr. Sanders: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many articles have been reported stolen from the Palace of Westminster in the last 12 months; and what those items were. [225374]
Nick Harvey: From the latest statistical information collected, there were nine reported thefts from the Palace of Westminster in the last 12 months. Detailed information is given as follows:
One computer laptop;
One digital camera;
One set of golf clubs;
One pair of candlesticks; and
Five amounts of cash, all under £100.
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Sarah Teather: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to House of Commons staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001. [184338]
Nick Harvey: Records held on lost, missing or stolen mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and laptop computers are not differentiated between owners, i.e. Members or Members’ staff or House of Commons staff, nor between those issued by the House of Commons Service and those owned personally by Members or others. Lost and missing items are not separately recorded.
The total number of reported (a) lost or missing and (b) stolen items in the years 2001-08 is given as follows:
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(a) Lost or missing |
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Mobile telephones |
PDAs |
Laptops |
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2001 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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2002 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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2003 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2004 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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2005 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2006 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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2007 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
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2008 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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(b) Stolen |
|||
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Telephones |
PDAs |
Laptops |
|
2001 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
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2002 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
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2003 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
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2004 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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2005 |
3 |
0 |
(1)18 |
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2006 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
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2007 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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2008 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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(1)( )17 laptop computers purchased by PCD were stolen from the back door of 7 Millbank in 2005 but these items had not at that time been allocated to Parliamentary users |
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231429]
Angela Eagle: No equipment or data has been reported lost in HM Treasury in the last 12 months.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231437]
Mr. Wills: The Ministry of Justice has recorded nine significant personal data related incidents for 2007-08, published in its resource accounts and laid before the House on 21 July 2008.
There were five related equipment losses, comprising of four laptops and one electronic storage device.
I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 25 June 2008, providing the final report on measures for data handling procedures in government.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Leader of the House what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by her Office in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [231436]
Chris Bryant: In the last 12 months one laptop has been reported stolen from the Leader of the House of Commons Office. The laptop was used to update the office website and did not contain any personal data or other sensitive information. No data have been lost.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by her Office in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [231434]
Tessa Jowell: No equipment was lost by my office in the last 12 months.
My office, in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, did not report any personal data related incidents for the period 2007-08.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by the Government Equalities Office in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [231427]
Maria Eagle: Since its establishment on 12 October 2007 the Government Equalities Office has lost one laptop. The laptop was new and unused and therefore did not contain any data. No other losses of data have been reported.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231440]
Mr. Simon: The information requested is as follows.
(a) Our records for the last 12 months show that the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has lost three Blackberry devices.
(b) The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, did not report any personal data related incidents for the period 2007-08.
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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231449]
Mr. McFadden: In the last 12 months, 1 November 2007 to date, the following equipment and data has been recorded as lost by BERR staff.
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|
Number |
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Laptop PCs |
3 |
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Blackberry Handheld devices |
7 |
The table contains the losses for those parts of BERR which now form part of the Department for Energy and Climate Change.
Laptops belonging to BERR utilise full-hard disk encryption.
The Blackberry Handheld Devices also utilise full encryption. In addition when the loss is reported a "wipe" command is sent to the missing device.
BERR, in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, did not report any personal data related incidents for the period 2007-08
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231448]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information is as follows:
(a) Equipment reported as lost, missing or stolen in the financial year 2007-08 is as follows:
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|
(a) All equipment |
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Laptop |
13 |
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Blackberry |
8 |
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Mobile phone |
3 |
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Laptop disk drives (no data) |
2 |
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Memory Stick |
0 |
|
Total |
26 |
(b) The Department for Children, Schools and Families in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance did not report any personal data related incidents for the period 2007-08.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231442]
Mr. Bradshaw: The Department does not differentiate between stolen, missing or lost equipment. The portable equipment lost or stolen for the period April 2007 to March 2008 is as follows:
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Items |
Total items lost during the year |
|
Mobile phones |
21 |
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Pagers |
0 |
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Laptops |
14 |
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Psions, PalmPilots, Ipaqs, Blackberrys |
9 |
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Laptop Projectors |
1 |
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Other IT equipment |
0 |
|
Total losses |
45 |
The Department takes the security and protection of its assets very seriously. Its policy and procedures are constantly reviewed and cases of losses or thefts are investigated. As a further deterrent, the Department marks its portable equipment with an invisible forensic dye called Smartwater. The Department's Security Unit continues to raise security awareness and physical protection of information technology equipment among its staff.
The Department has recorded one personal data related incident in 2007-08 in its Resource Accounts published on 10 October 2008. This concerned the Medical Training Application Service website where personal details of some junior doctors were erroneously made available as a result of action taken by a third party managing data on the Department's behalf, contrary to the instructions on data handling issued to them by the Department.
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Communities and Local Government
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by her Department in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [231447]
Mr. Khan: The Department for Communities and Local Government, in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance did not report any personal or other data related incidents for the period 2007-8. No equipment containing data was recorded as lost in the same period.
This response does not include the Government Office for the English Regions which carry out work for 10 Government departments.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231430]
Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport has recorded 27 personal data related incidents in 2007-08 in its resource accounts published in July 2008.
The equipment lost in relation to these incidents recorded was five laptop computers, five Blackberrys, one USB memory device, and one removable hard disk drive.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231432]
Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office, in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, did not report any personal data related incidents for the period 2007-08; or lost any equipment in the same period.
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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) equipment and (b) data has been lost by the Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [231404]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs on 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 905W.
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