Ministry of Justice: ICT
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) phones, (b) laptops and (c) other electronic devices have been lost by his Department between 5 July 2024 and 29 April 2025.
Answered by Jake Richards
Between 5 July 2024 and 29 April 2025, the Ministry of Justice recorded lost or stolen:
59 laptops
91 mobile phones
5 other devices
All Ministry of Justice laptops and mobile phones are encrypted and protected to National Cyber Security Centre standards. The Department has mandatory reporting procedures for lost or stolen items, and incidents are investigated in line with security policy.
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