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Ministry of Justice: ICT

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 16 March 2026UIN 119554

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the correction of 10 March 2026 to Question 115634 on Ministry of Justice: ICT, for what reason here was a discrepancy of 510 laptops, mobile phones and electronic devices recorded as lost or stolen between the original answer of 3 March 2026 and the correction of 10 March 2026.

Answered by Jake Richards

When the previous (incorrect) answer was provided, it was the result of a simple search being run against criteria in the service management system and the result published.

When the corrected response was provided, it was a result of a manual search through records ensuring that duplicates were removed, and then checked against the ID numbers of assets known to be present.

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