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By Ned Simons - 25th March 2011
By Ned Simons - 25th March 2011
Thieves are prowling Whitehall stealing phones, laptops, guns and a bridge, it has been revealed.
In a series of written parliamentary answers given to Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger, government departments have had to admit the level of crime within their offices.
Ken Clarke's Ministry of Justice could be accused of being asleep on the watch as it has had 32 laptops and 42 BlackBerrys stolen since May.
Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly said that all MoJ laptops and BlackBerrys are encrypted and protected with a "complex password" and all BlackBerrys that are registered as lost or stolen are blocked remotely, making it impossible for them to be used.
But even more embarrassing for the government is the revelation that the Ministry of Defence has had equipment worth £700,000 pilfered from under its nose - including guns, the fuselage of a navy ship, an anchor and a bridge.
Berger branded the revelations a "national disgrace" and said defence ministers had serious questions to answer.
The BBC reports that the most expensive single item taken was a helicopter rotor tuner worth £50,000.
The parliamentary answers given to the Labour MP this week give details of equipment stolen from Whitehall worth more than £100 since May 2010.
Andrew Mitchell's Department for International Development has had 12 laptop computers stolen, and one vehicle worth £1,490.
The Department for Health has been relieved of electronic equipment worth £13,166.05 in total.
This includes 30 blackberry mobile phones worth around £215 each and computers including an IBM X61 Thinkpad laptop worth £878.94.
Health minister Simon Burns said that all mobile assets that are reported as lost or stolen with a value over £500 are routinely reported to the police. In addition laptops are marked with a forensic dye and an asset tag.
Since May the Department for Education has had four laptop computers and five BlackBerrys stolen.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change appears pretty secure within its own walls, but it has had two laptops and five BlackBerrys been stolen from DECC staff outside departmental premises.
The Cabinet Office has recorded three official items of electronic equipment to the value of £325.
And the Treasury has lost six laptops and one BlackBerry.
Civil servants at the the Wales and Scotland Offices rest easy, as they told Berger they had not had any items worth over £100 stolen since the election.
In a series of written parliamentary answers given to Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger, government departments have had to admit the level of crime within their offices.
Ken Clarke's Ministry of Justice could be accused of being asleep on the watch as it has had 32 laptops and 42 BlackBerrys stolen since May.
Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly said that all MoJ laptops and BlackBerrys are encrypted and protected with a "complex password" and all BlackBerrys that are registered as lost or stolen are blocked remotely, making it impossible for them to be used.
But even more embarrassing for the government is the revelation that the Ministry of Defence has had equipment worth £700,000 pilfered from under its nose - including guns, the fuselage of a navy ship, an anchor and a bridge.
Berger branded the revelations a "national disgrace" and said defence ministers had serious questions to answer.
The BBC reports that the most expensive single item taken was a helicopter rotor tuner worth £50,000.
The parliamentary answers given to the Labour MP this week give details of equipment stolen from Whitehall worth more than £100 since May 2010.
Andrew Mitchell's Department for International Development has had 12 laptop computers stolen, and one vehicle worth £1,490.
The Department for Health has been relieved of electronic equipment worth £13,166.05 in total.
This includes 30 blackberry mobile phones worth around £215 each and computers including an IBM X61 Thinkpad laptop worth £878.94.
Health minister Simon Burns said that all mobile assets that are reported as lost or stolen with a value over £500 are routinely reported to the police. In addition laptops are marked with a forensic dye and an asset tag.
Since May the Department for Education has had four laptop computers and five BlackBerrys stolen.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change appears pretty secure within its own walls, but it has had two laptops and five BlackBerrys been stolen from DECC staff outside departmental premises.
The Cabinet Office has recorded three official items of electronic equipment to the value of £325.
And the Treasury has lost six laptops and one BlackBerry.
Civil servants at the the Wales and Scotland Offices rest easy, as they told Berger they had not had any items worth over £100 stolen since the election.
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