Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to her Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology was established in February 2023 as a result of the Machinery of Government changes, so records only exist for one year.

The following table includes the number of lost or stolen ministerial red boxes from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology for 2023.

The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.