The total number of electronic devices that have been lost by Scottish Ministers and Civil Service staff: FOI release
- Published
- 2 February 2023
- Directorate
- Corporate Transformation Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202200323130
- Date received
- 4 October 2022
- Date responded
- 20 October 2022
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
The TOTAL number of electronic devices that have been lost by Scottish Ministers and Civil Service staff that support the Scottish Government (i.e. Scottish Administration)
Response
The numbers of phones, laptops etc. reported lost over the period from 1 October 2017 to 01 October 2022 is outlined below:-
|
ITEM |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 to Date |
TOTAL |
|
Blackberry/smartphone |
6 |
32 |
41 |
8 |
21 |
12 |
120 |
|
Electronic backup device |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Electronic storage device |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Laptop |
2 |
9 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
25 |
|
TOTAL |
9 |
41 |
54 |
9 |
23 |
14 |
150 |
Similar published requests can be found at the following:
SG lost or broken electrical equipment: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Lost or misplaced IT equipment: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
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