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The government has admitted it no longer knows the whereabouts of 3,200 mobile phones and laptops which its officials loaded with sensitive or private information. Official figures reportedly released to parliament show that a staggering 468 devices a year – more than one a day – have gone missing from central departments since 2001. The Ministry of Defence was the worst offender, having misplaced 994 laptops, eight mobile phones and 12 PDAs, with some of the data categorised as secret or restricted. The Department for Work and Pensions is without 271 laptops, 128 mobile phones and 20 PDAs, worse than the Department of Health where 315 devices vanished. And the Ministry of Justice, which last week admitted losing the details of 45,000 people, lost or was relieved of 169 laptops, 172 mobile phones and a PDA. The figures, obtained by the Mail, were uncovered by Liberal Democrat MP Sara Teather, who is one of a growing cadre of MPs probing government data lapses. The Home Office this week told the Daily Telegraph that it was committed to ensuring its “systems and processes” to protect personal data “are as good as they can be.” The department was responding to figures reportedly released to Tory peer Lord Hanningfield, which show its officials lost 43 laptops and 94 mobiles in the past three years. Aug 27, 2008 Email this article Printer friendly page Previous Page
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