Wednesday 12 November 2008

Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):

To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) memory sticks, (b) laptop computers, (c) desktop computers, (d) hard drives and (e) mobile telephones were (i) lost and (ii) stolen from her Office in each year since 1997.

Chris Bryant:

There have been no further losses following the answer I gave on Monday 3rd November Official Report, Volume 482, Column 14W, namely that since June 2007 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 has been lost.

Following a Machinery of Government change, information prior to 2006-07 is only available at disproportionate cost.