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Question follow-through · 115634

Ministry of Justice: ICT

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.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
26 Feb 2026
Answer
3 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    An answer was published; the current text is shown with its later correction below.

  4. 10 Mar 2026

    Answer corrected

    Between 5 July 2024 and 29 April 2025, the Ministry of Justice recorded lost or stolen:59 laptops91 mobile phones5 other devicesAll Ministry of Justice laptops and mobile phones are encrypted and protected to National Cyber Security Centre standards. The ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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