Written question asked by Jim McMahon (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2025. It was answered by Chris Ward (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2025 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Government Departments: Lost Property

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.

Answer

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
Equipment	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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Type: Written question
Reference: 92158
Session: 2024-26
Related items: Prime Minister: Lost Property and Theft
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Computers Government departments Lost property Smart devices
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Government Departments: Lost Property

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