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30/12/2008
UK government: One computer a day missing |
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As warnings about identity theft continue to be issued, the government has admitted that statistically, one of its computers goes missing every day.
The new figures -which were obtained through parliamentary questions by spokesman for the Liberal Democrats Paul Holmes - reveal that almost 3,000 government computers have gone missing since 2002.
A total of 1,774 are laptops and 1,035 were desktop units, the information showed.
Additionally, 676 mobile phones, 195 memory sticks and 202 hard drives have been either stolen or lost by government representatives.
Within the Ministry of Defence alone, 866 laptops were stolen and a further 178 were misplaced during this timeframe.
Mr Holmes commented that the figures represent "a culture of carelessness across Whitehall that ministers have done nothing to curtail".
This news comes as the Scottish National Party yesterday slammed the government over its record of losing data and suggested that ID card proposals should be cancelled as a result.
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