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Government Departments: Lost Property

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Cabinet OfficeTabled Answered 26 November 2025UIN 92158

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government (a) mobile phones (b) laptops (c) tablets were reported lost or stolen for each year from 2015 to date.

Answered by Chris Ward

This answer only provides information for the Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) IT Provision. This answer is not inclusive of Number 10.

It also only extends back to 3rd July 2018 as records before this date are not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.

The table also lists reported equipment. Some of this equipment may have been recovered after having been reported. Also please note that GDS & CDDO moved to DSIT earlier this year and as such, their contribution to the metrics will have reduced.

Equipment

Year

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025 (to date)

Laptop

68

111

62

50

67

57

78

46

Mobile

101

221

118

118

147

160

171

149

Tablet

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

2

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