Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ICT
(asked on 17th April 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) phones, (b) laptops and (c) other electronic devices have been lost by their Department since 5 July 2024.
The following table includes the number of lost department-issued devices by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs since 5 July 2024.
Breakdown of department-issued equipment type | Number of lost items |
Mobile phones | 51 |
Laptops | 8 |
Ipads | 5 |
Please see below further information relating to lost/stolen devices. To note these figures are provided by Calander year. Also to note, Defra only started separating out Lost/stolen out in 2023.
Period | Phone-Lost | Phone-Stolen | Laptop-Lost | Laptop-Stolen | iPad/Tablet-Lost | iPad/Tablet-Stolen | Total-Lost | Total-Stolen |
2025-30th April | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 7 |
2024 | 58 | 10 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 99 | 28 |
2023 | 96 | 6 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 155 | 17 |
2022 | 106 | N/A | 37 | N/A | 5 | N/A | 148 | N/A |
We are continuing to take steps to reduce the number of instances of lost devices including reviewing our current processes and policies to ensure that devices are handled securely, recorded accurately and returned promptly when no longer required, whilst providing users with the right tools for their job.