Department for Culture, Media and Sport: ICT
(asked on 17th April 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) phones, (b) laptops and (c) other electronic devices have been lost by their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answered by
Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The following table includes the number of lost/stolen devices in the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) from 5 July 2024 to 24 April 2025
Breakdown of department-issued equipment type | Lost/Stolen |
Mobile phones | 30 |
Laptops | 10 |
Other electronic devices | 0 |
Lost and Stolen devices are not replaced on an individual basis, all assets are managed as part of a pooled resource model and replenished as part of their end to end lifecycle.
All departmental IT has device encryption enabled, at rest and is fully security encrypted, to prevent unauthorised access.
The departmental security unit, records and investigates each reported loss from the department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.
Any mobile device reported as lost is immediately deactivated and the contents deleted. The user account on any laptop reported as lost is immediately deactivated and remotely locked.
There has been no data loss or compromise resulting from these losses.