Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March to Question 33948 on Ministry of Defence: Lost Property and Theft, if he will provide details on the two specific incidents referred to in the answer.

The incidents of lost and stolen devices both occurred in the Navy which introduced strengthened accounting processes and completed a comprehensive audit of mobile devices.

In total the two incidents account for 259 mobile phones lost or stolen between 5 July 2024 and 27 February 2025, of which 222 were obsolete (running unsupported operating systems, so would not be able to join our network) and would have been disposed of. Obsolete smartphones cannot be used to access Ministry of Defence systems and cannot be used for any other purpose.