Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many data breaches from his Department were recorded each year since 2010.

This data describes breaches with an incident type of loss or theft of physical documents recorded by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). From January 2010 to July 2021 there were 520 incidents, of which 163 were recorded as subsequently found. This figure includes incidents such as an inability to account for documents (as opposed to confirmed losses), losses within MOD establishments, and documents lost in the post beyond the control of the MOD. This data does not include cases which are still open, as it would not be appropriate to comment while they are still under investigation by the MOD.