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Written Question
Defence Equipment: Lost Property and Theft
Wednesday 31st January 2024

Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much military equipment of each equipment type has been (a) lost and (b) stolen in each year since 2015.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Defence has historically responded to Freedom of Information Requests (FOIs), answering the following three questions:

1. How many weapons (by type) and explosive munitions for which the Department has responsibility have been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen in [year]?

2. Please provide a list of all stolen items, value and location of the theft of all items that were recorded stolen in the [year] calendar year.

3. How many department computers, laptops, memory sticks were lost/stolen by month since January [year]?

The responses have included military equipment reported lost/stolen in addition to other items but are limited to only those cases reported to the centralised reporting functions concerned with Security and Fraud/Theft, Bribery and Corruption.

The following are the links to those years that the published FOI requests can be located on GOV.UK:

FOI

Data Year

Link

FOI2018/03191

2017

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5b89127ae5274a3cc44ba296/2018-03191.pdf

FOI2019/03318

2018

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6099775fe90e07357045b079/20190401-FOI2017-03318-Final-R.pdf

FOI2020/02137

2019

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/609977e5d3bf7f2888d18fa7/20200512-FOI2020-02137-Final-R.pdf

FOI2021/01721

2020

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/605b2a85d3bf7f2f146949e8/20210318-FOI2021-01721-Final-redacted.pdf

FOI2022/02198

2021

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/643fb97d8b86bb000cf1b4dd/FOI2022-02198_-_Request_for_data_on_stolen_or_lost_Military_weapons_and_equipment_in_2021.pdf

FOI2023/02522

2022

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/643fb89f8b86bb0013f1b4f5/FOI2023-02522_-_Request_for_data_on_stolen_or_lost_Military_weapons_and_equipment_in_2022.pdf

FOI requests were also responded to for calendar years 2015 and 2016 but the publication links are unavailable. The detail provided in those responses is therefore set out below:

FOI2016/02451 (data for 2015)

Weapons (by type):

Lost: 0

Stolen: 5 (1 x small arm (de-activated); 4 x Automatic weapons (3 de-activated))

Explosive munitions (interpreted as Ammunition):

Lost: 4086

Stolen: 2080

The table shows how many computers, laptops, memory sticks have been recorded in the MOD security incident management database as lost/stolen by month since Jan 11

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Jan

11

5

7

6

16

Feb

11

5

10

17

8

Mar

19

14

18

13

19

Apr

7

9

14

15

9

May

17

7

14

8

8

Jun

7

5

24

7

704*

Jul

5

29

10

10

9

Aug

8

5

7

15

10

Sep

20

7

8

298*

3

Oct

7

31

9

2

5

Nov

13

7

11

6

17

Dec

12

12

70

0

20

*These figures record the suspected loss of ICT as a result of an accounting error; investigation is on-going which will likely significantly reduce any ‘actual’ loss.

All stolen items from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2015 (Confidential Hotline data)

Items stolen

Location

Alleged Offence Value where recorded

Items recovered or partial recovery

4 X Magazines

Oxfordshire

£0

No

Bike

Chatham

£625

No

Military eqpt

Warminster

£0

Yes

compass, binoculars

Larkhill

£0

No

money

South Cerney, Gloucs

£410

No

19 vehicle tools

Monmouth

£769

No

day sack, boots

Bulford

£0

No

MFO box and contents

Catterick

£0

No

Multimeter

HMS Illustrious

£106

No

Multimeter

HMS Illustrious

£106

No

Body armour, sleeping bag, smock

Wimbish

£812

No

Chainsaw

Aldershot

£0

No

43 x transceivers

Taunton

£24,247

No

Webbing

Gloucester

£300

No

boots, vacuum

RAF Halton

£0

No

Military eqpt

Tidworth

£0

No

helmet, webbing

Germany

£0

No

artefacts

Dover

£0

No

sat nav

Blandford

£96

No

Military eqpt

Bulford

£0

No

gym eqpt

Bulford

£0

No

Military eqpt

Bulford

£0

No

welder, sand shot blaster, electric saw, electric drills, aluminium sheet metal

Bovington

£0

No

Military eqpt

Tidworth

£0

No

respirator

Tidworth

£0

No

projector

Sierra Leone

£450

No

Military eqpt

Wiltshire

£9,500

No

day sack, night vision system, body armour, helmet, various items of deployable tactical engagement simulation kit

Kenya

£0

No

Climbing eqpt

RAF Valley

£12,000

No

toolkit

Tidworth

£797

No

insulation test kit, oil

HMS Illustrious

£0

No

helmet mounting bracket

eBay

£0

No

weapon sight

Lisburn, NI

£1,812

No

adaptor

Tidworth

£1,170

No

2 x chainsaw, PPE eqpt

Tidworth

£1,773

No

money

Germany

£0

No

2 x washing machines

Innsworth

£416

No

bearskin, respirator, drum sling, regimental crest, medal bar

eBay

£856

No

clothing, bearskin, sword

Windsor

£0

No

welding eqpt

Colchester

£573

No

hydraulic fluid level indicator

eBay

£0

No

weapon sight, bi pod downgrip

Germany

£0

No

Diagnostic kit, retaining ring pliers, riveter, extractor screw set, brake adaptor, spanner wrench, socket wrench, 2 x mechanical puller, machinist vice, socket wrench set, impact wrench, thread insert kit, 2 x threading set, compression tester set, optical battery tester, liquid measure

Canada

£9,494

No

Military eqpt

Tidworth

£1,500

No

land rover, spare tyres

Warminster

£0

No

toolbox

Canada

£0

No

Military eqpt

Bulford

£3,258

No

Military eqpt

Larkhill

£0

No

Military eqpt

Tidworth

£0

No

bike

Bulford

£950

No

tools

Tidworth

£0

No

Military eqpt

Bulford

£0

No

tools

Germany

£0

No

day sack

Catterick

£170

No

2 x sleeping bags, jacket, trousers, helmet

Morocco

£337

No

2 x smock, poncho, sleeping bag

Colchester

£0

No

Military eqpt

Catterick

£0

No

bivie bag, jacket

Colchester

£0

No

boots, webbing

Colchester

£299

No

2 x screwdriver, bar extension, tool bag

Cottesmore

£0

No

toolbox and tools

Wattisham

£0

No

Military eqpt, clothing

Larkhill

£0

No

Military eqpt

Larkhill

£0

No

generator

Larkhill

£1,000

No

Xbox

Warminster

£400

No

Military eqpt, clothing

Larkhill

£1,030

No

Military eqpt

Winterbourne Gunner

£0

No

fuel

Bulford

£0

No

4 x lightweight chemical agent detectors

eBay

£180

Yes

helmet, 2 x respirator filter, field pack

Bulford

£301

No

5 x magazines

Afghanistan

£75

No

sleeping bag, sleeping mat, side pouch, rucksack, compression sack, sleeping bag cover, long back rucksack

Aldershot

£0

No

laminator

Catterick

£0

No

Military eqpt

eBay

£0

No

10 x 12-hour ration packs

eBay

£4,000

Yes

Blackberry

Innsworth

£0

No

fridge

HMS Collingwood

£294

No

webbing, helmet, jacket, smock, shirt, boots, thermal jacket, bergen, trousers, sleeping bag, exercise kit

Colerne

£435

No

technogym run 700, 3 x treadmill, 2 x static bike, 2 x X stepper, cross trainer, 2 x exercise bike, 2 x race bike, 2 x cycle gym machine

Catterick

£18,202

No

Landrover, 6 x machine bolt, 3 x carrier clamp, 3 x pneumatic wheel, 3 x pneumatic vehicle tyre, 3 x bracket, 3 x tyre valve extension

Wiltshire

£108,503

No

meat

Worthy Down

£0

No

2 x training defibrillators

HMS Excellent

£615

No

3 x binoculars, 3 x club batons

Bulford

£621

No

vacuum

Blandford

£89

No

2 x drill

RAF Leeming

£180

No

night vision system, night image intensifier

Kenya

£6,978

No

Military clothing

Armagh

£9,918

No

helmet, radio

eBay

£0

No

money

Germany

£2,144

No

Military eqpt

Tidworth

£0

No

picture, flag, clock

Chippenham

£70

No

30 x ink cartridge

HMS Vengeance

£8,660

No

boots, daysack

Stafford

£300

No

various medals

London

£0

No

night vision system

Pirbright

£4,500

No

12 x vehicle batteries

Abingdon, Oxfordshire

£2,376

No

military eqpt

Afghanistan

£0

No

camelbak, jet boil, poncho, jumper, tent pegs, respirator, respirator haversack, bungee's, canoe sacks, headover, jacket

Germany

£255

No

respirator

Cyprus

£0

No

laptop power pack and cable

Cyprus

£42

No

83 pieces of vehicle toolkit

Germany

£0

No

9 x Landrover spare wheels

Kenya

£0

No

stationery items

RAF Marham

£0

No

2 x off road tyres

Kenya

£0

No

travel docs, 4 x magazine, bottle, 2 x simulation vest, 3 x daysacks, night vision sight, helmet

Kenya

£326

No

laptop

Bulford

£0

No

9 x Landrover parts

Kenya

£950

No

night vision system

Kenya

£2,500

No

projector

RAF Brize Norton

£200

No

alcohol

Chippenham

£0

No

freight containing tools

RAF Brize Norton

£10,000

No

3 x indoor footballs

RAF High Wycombe

£30

No

2 x brown leather armchairs

Odiham

£880

No

drill

Odiham

£50

No

fuel

RAF Coningsby

£0

No

sat nav, watch, bergen, compass, boots, map

RAF Wittering

£250

No

body armour

RAF Leuchars

£0

No

day sack

RAF Waddington

£0

No

money

Perham Down

£520

No

Day sack, containing military eqpt

Larkhill

£0

No

projector

Tidworth

£0

No

iPad4

Germany

£450

No

2 x HM forces railcards

Aldershot

£30

No

bike

Germany

£500

No

Personal load carrying eqpt

Germany

£0

No

Personal load carrying eqpt

Germany

£0

No

2 x bike

Aldershot

£260

No

docking station

Germany

£89

No

fuel

Larkhill

£183

No

night vision system

Canada

£1,911

No

diving eqpt

RMA Sandhurst

£1,022

No

digital camera

Afghanistan

£285

No

helmet

Germany

£209

No

2 x jacket

Strensall

£189

No

TV

Thatcham

£329

No

2 x TV

Germany

£0

No

3 x Night vision systems

Cyprus

£7,500

No

fuel

Preston

£127

No

2 x vacuum

RAF Wyton

£178

No

Medals

EBay

£0

No

night vision goggles

HMS Excellent

£0

Yes

ration packs

Catterick

£0

Yes

ration packs

EBay

£0

No

night vision system

Germany

£2,500

No

strimmer, car buffer

Germany

£315

No

Dell Base unit

Abingdon, Oxfordshire

£375

No

amazon voucher

Andover

£10

No

TV

Cirencester

£439

No

minibus

London

£11,177

No

tent, 3 x chair, 6 x camouflage net, 112 x tent liner tensioner

York

£2,734

No

4 x generator

Thorney Island

£10,000

No

respirator, field pack

Germany

£110

No

gym weights

RAF Valley

£294

No

generator

RAF Valley

£720

No

dummy rifle trg aid

RMA Sandhurst

£171

No

rowing machine

Torpoint

£1,350

No

mobile phone

Lisburn, NI

£85

No

diving eqpt

Bahrain

£50,243

No

night vision system

Pirbright

£2,500

No

clarinet

HMS Raleigh

£1,909

No

thermal sight

York

£15,556

No

2 x Laser light modules

Woolwich

£1,824

No

bike

Bulford

£321

No

FOI2017/03293 (data for 2016)

Small Arms (Interpreted as the category type of weapons)

Total reported as unaccounted for: 14 (lost and stolen)

Explosive Munitions (interpreted as ammunition)

Total reported as unaccounted for: 82877 (lost and stolen)

Using the incident types of ‘Loss’ and ‘Theft’ the table shows how many computers, laptops, memory sticks have been recorded in the MOD security incident management database as lost/stolen by month since Jan 16

Source - ISS Defence Assurance and Information Security (DAIS)

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Computers

1

1

1

2

1

5

Laptops

1

5

1

1

10

2

1

6

4

2

4

4

Memory Sticks

1

5

13

11

2

2

8

1

6

6

4

3

All items centrally reported stolen in the 2016 calendar year source - Fraud Defence (Confidential Hotline)

Items stolen

Location

Alleged Offence Value where recorded

Items recovered or partial recovery

19 x boxes of printer toners

Blandford

£1,752

No

Military Eqpt

Catterick

£0

No

Grinder, Drill Port, 2 x Drill Hammer Port

Paderborn, Germany

£680

No

3 x Body Armour, Radiacmeter, Hunting knife, Torch, Stopwatch, Toolbox, Wiring harness, 10 x Multi tool.

HMNB Clyde

£2,334

No

2 x Cylinder assembly unit

HMNB Clyde

£602

No

Boots

Fareham

£150

No

Generator

Bury

£100

No

Diesel

Bournemouth

£0

No

ECBA

Kenya

£110

No

Night Vision System

Kenya

£2,251

No

Night vision system

Kenya

£3,240

No

Rucksack

Kenya

£195

No

Money

Plymouth

£200

No

Drum

Bulford

£1,175

No

68 x Skirting plates

Bovington Park

£19,328

No

Speaker

Kenya

£271

No

Transmitter set

Kenya

£8,490

No

Cordless jigsaw, Cordless drill

HMNB Devenport

£619

No

Sight Kit

Belfast

£150

No

Fuel

Ewyas Harold

£0

No

Swimming passes

Blandford

£500

No

Military Eqpt

Lulworth

£1,655

No

Ration packs

Pudsey

£0

No

TV

HMNB Portsmouth

£250

No

Night Vision goggles, Body Armour Plates, Head mounted Night Vision sights

Dyfed Powys

£0

No

Night Vision System

Tidworth

£2,500

No

TV

Hyde Park

£504

No

Clothing

Faslane

£0

No

Fuel

Holywood

£0

No

3 x bike

Tidworth

£1,620

No

Scrap metal

Leconfield

£0

No

Binoculars

Tidworth

£151

No

Collimator, 21 x Compass, 14 x Watch

Stafford

£4,537

No

Respirator, Field pack, 2 x Helmet, 2 x Filter

Abingdon

£230

No

3 x Storm case, 2 x Camera, 3 x Gopro Touch Bacpac, 3 x GoPro Battery Bacpac Hero, 3 x GoPro wall charger, 6 x GoPro cable, 3 x GoPro storage case, 1 x GoPro bobber

Corsham

£1,719

No

Compass, 4 x Magazine, Blank Firing attachment

Chester

£236

No

20 x plate protection, 30 x Body armour, 10 x helmet

Hohne Garrison, Germany

£4,944

No

Bike spinner

Hohne Garrison, Germany

£500

No

TV

Wrexham

£341

No

Replica weapon

Wolverhampton

£480

No

2 x Fuel key, Fuel

Colerne

£175

No

2 x Radio system, BMRC, Control Radio set, 4 x Battery

Kenya

£24882.06

No

2 x iPad

Aldershot

£187

No

Pressure washer

Arbroath

£107

No

Fan heater

Anglesey

£288

No

TV

Anglesey

£350

No

Vacuum Cleaner

Anglesey

£117

No

Rucksack

Anglesey

£0

No

2 x vehicle

Sleaford

£51,600

partial recovery

4 x Binocular, 4 x Compass, 4 x Case

Larkhill

£1,153

No

2 x Hoover Bags

Marchwood

£18

No

Sat Nav

Wrexham

£135

No

3 x generator, Fuel, 3 x cable, 3 x GLS light

Warminster

£26,939

No

Toolkit

Hounslow

£654

No

Work bench

Warminster

£950

No

Fuel

Salisbury

£1,694

No

Fuel

Salisbury

£1,042

No

2 x 5.56mm rounds

Abingdon

£0

No

Boots

Aldershot

£0

No

Steam cleaner

Oxford

£1,703

No

2 x Power pack, 3 x Mechanics creeper, Wiring harness, 3 x Wrench, Screw set, 2 x Drill, Toolkit, Balance Spring

Alberta, Canada

£2,838

No

2 x telescopic ladder

Arbroath

£190

No

3 x Aircraft container, 3 x Folding cot, 4 x Chair, 23 x Water can, 14 x Helmet

Arbroath

£2,545

No

Parachute system

Cambridge

£90

No

Money

Gosport

£350

No

Night Vision System, Transmitter, single switch

Chester

£3,147

No

6 x Exercise bike

Catterick

£13,380

No

Webbing, Water bottle, mug, 2 x mess tin

Croydon

£90

No

Helmet, Waterproof jacket, Waterproof trousers

Croydon

£270

No

TV

Helston

£499

No

Generator

Monkton

£1,000

No

Clothing

Arbroath

£230

No

Document

Ebay

£0

No

Body armour

Scotland

£504

No

TRX kit

Cranwell

£656

No

Fan heater

Cranwell

£218

No

2 x Fan heater

Cranwell

£436

No

Night vision system

Catterick

£2,490

No

Bike trailer, Kayak

Inverness

£839

No

2 x night vision system, Weapon sight

Cotesmore

£7,080

No

Fuel

Gibraltar

£50,000

No

Fuel

Holywood

£106

No

2 x Helmet, Body armour, Webbing , Daysack

Chester

£994

No

Body Armour

Catterick

£109

No

2 x Fuel card

Fareham

£0

No

Med Ball, Kettleball

York

£70

No

5 x ancillary item

Portsmouth

£0

No

2 x Camp bed

Ebay

£98

No

1 x Helmet

London

£1,641

No

Respirator

Scampton

£129

No

Thermal Imager

Newcastle Upon Tyne

£7,848

No

Exercise bike

Reading

£2,250

No

Money

Portsmouth

£20

Yes

Money

South Ruislip

£311

No

7x Field pack

Plymouth

£707

No

Missile Epack

Corsham

£0

No

Laptop

Waddington

£500

No

Projector

Wattisham

£274

No

2 x Body Armour

Wattisham

£164

No

Clothing

Anglesey

£80

No

iPad

Salisbury

£399

No

72 x Battery Storage, Laptop

Kenya

£17,169

No

Money

Kenya

£13,333

No

Money

Kenya

£1,364

No

4 x Disc clutch

Kenya

£237

No

Vehicle component

Colchester

£798

No

Sim card

Taunton

£518

No

2 x computer monitors

Wolverhampton

£166

No

The most recent FOI request responded to in December 2023 has yet to be published on GOV.UK. The detail provided is set out below:

FOI2023/13989 (data for 2023 – up to 02/11/2023)

For 01/01/2023 – 02/11/2023 I can confirm the following:

1. Weapons – lost / stolen: Source - Defence Security

Weapons: Type

Quantity

Lost/Stolen

Deactivated WWII Sten Gun SMG (on display in Mess)

1

Lost

Deactivated WWII Luger Pistol (on display in Mess)

Lost

SA80 Rifle (lost on a training area)

Lost & Found

Deactivated WWI German Machine Gun (lost on display outside Mess

Lost & Found

Explosive Munitions: Type

Quantity

Lost/Stolen

5.56mm

84

Lost

7.62mm

145

Lost

9mm

47

Lost

4.6mm

0

Lost

12.7mm

0

Lost

Source - ISS Defence Assurance and Information Security (DAIS)

Month

Computers

Laptops

USBs

Jan - 2023

0

13

2

Feb - 2023

0

10

0

Mar - 2023

0

38

2

Apr - 2023

0

10

0

May - 2023

0

8

2

Jun - 2023

0

10

1

Jul - 2023

0

9

6

Aug - 2023

0

51

3

Sep - 2023

0

12

4

Oct - 2023

0

8

2

Nov (Up to 2nd Nov)

0

0

0

Total

0

169

22

All items centrally reported stolen in the 2023 calendar year (up to 02/11/2023)

Source: Fraud Defence

Items stolen

Location

Alleged offence value where recorded

Items recovered

Body Armour, Helmet

Yeovilton

£0

No

Helmet

Yeovilton

£0

No

Respirator, Body Armour, Helmet

Yeovilton

£0

No

Helmet

Not Known

£450

No

Helmet

Devon

£0

No

Body Armour, Helmet

Yeovilton

£0

No

Helmet

Yeovilton

£0

No

WATT bike trainer monitor

Birmingham

£0

No

Bergen, Respirator, Helmet, Webbing, Scalable vest

Bulford Camp

£0

No

12 x Jerry cans of Diesel

Larkhill Camp

£0

No

Helmet

Bulford Camp

£0

No

2 x silver ornaments

Blandford Camp

£0

No

Scalable vest

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

Cash

Swinton Barracks

£112

No

Helmet, Scalable vest, Laptop

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

Bike

Larkhill Camp

£0

No

65 x tools

MOD Lyneham

£0

No

Laptop

Yeovilton

£54.69

No

Helmet

Buckley Barracks

£0

No

9 x laptops, 2 x docking stations, 2 x handheld device batteries, 2 x printer

in transit between Kenya and Brize Norton

£21426.68

No

4 x Ear defenders

Tidworth Garrison

£4400

No

2 x laser range finders

HMNB Devonport

£359.98

No

Daysack, laptop, vehicle keys, webbing, helmet, jacket, bivi bag, poncho

Kenya

£2000

No

Military issued equipment

Bulford Camp

£0

No

Helmet

Catterick Garrison

£0

No

Webbing, Scalable Vest

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

Daysack

Tidworth Garrison

£58

No

Helmet

Gloucestershire

£370

No

Helmet

Maidstone

£0

No

Webbing, scalable vest, helmet, bag

Not Known

£0

No

Mandible, webbing, daysack

Tidworth Garrison

£1535

No

Scalable vest

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

Respirator

Thiepval Barracks

£102.91

No

TV

Chester

£1

No

2 x Daysacks, 12 x initiator safety fuses, safety fuse

Kenya

£187.69

No

Respirator, filter

Bristol

£98.23

No

Helmet

Texas, USA

£339.85

No

Fuel

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

Tools

Tidworth Garrison

£2184.51

No

Body Armour

Germany

£0

No

Respirator

Swinton Barracks

£0

No

2 x X-Box controllers

Fife

£0

No

Gas detector, Helmet, endoscope camera

HMNB Portsmouth

£0

No

5 x Land Rover Tyre rims

Middle Wallop

£1135

No

Helmet, Daysack

Bassingbourn Barracks

£0

No

SA80 Rifle, 30 x Blank rounds, Laser Light Module, Lightweight Day sight

Kenya

£0

Yes

Helmet, Body Armour

Catterick Garrison

£0

No

Outboard motor, 2 x Propeller

HMNB Devonport

£3440.47

No

Vest, Helmet, Respirator

In transit between Oman and Middle Wallop

£544.19

No

iPad Pro21, Cash

Bicester

£1500

No

Military equipment

not Known

£0

No

Office supplies

Kenya

£0

No

3 x Bergens, Compass

Edinburgh

£0

No

Air Fryer

Penicuik

£0

No

Helmet

Yeovilton

£347.50

No

Gym equipment

Cottesmore

£0

No

Helmet

Bovington Camp

£58.95

No

Scalable vest

Bovington Camp

£0

No

Helmet, respirator, scalable vest

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

Scalable vest, Nape protections, Respirator filters

Pirbright

£0

No

Fridge

Bulford Camp

£0

No

6 x Medals, 6 x miniature medals

Cirencester

£0

No

4 x Bowman cable assemblies

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

2 x dDrills

Bulford Camp

£0

No

Helmet

Bovington Camp

£0

No

Scalable vest, helmet, respirator

Haverfordwest

£0

No

Helmet, emergency release strap

Swinton Barracks

£0

No

Tools

Kenya

£0

No

Canbus terminator

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

Ear defenders

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

White goods

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

2 x 9mm drill rounds

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

4 x torque wrench, sliding tee bar

HMS Bulwark

£0

No

Tool kit

HMNB Devonport

£1111.28

No

iPad mini

Catterick Garrison

£329

No

Mobile Phone

Holywood, NI

£190

No

Bike

Gloucestershire

£0

No

toolbox

York

£600.87

No

Decommissioned Baker Rifle

Bulford Camp

£0

No

Bergen several items

Buckley Barracks

£0

No

Bike

Bulford Camp

£0

No

2 x Generator airlines

Swinton Barracks

£0

No

1 x decommissioned Heavy Machine Gun

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

Daysack, laptop charger

Normandy Barracks

£0

No

Tools

HMS Bulwark

£0

No

Binoculars

Catterick Garrison

£233.34

No

Exercise equipment

Catterick Garrison

£0

No

Respirator, boots

Catterick Garrison

£0

No

Under Body Armour Combat shirt and Trousers

Pirbright

£0

No

Tumble dryer

Tidworth Garrison

£300

No

Helmet, shoulder pads

Tidworth Garrison

£0

No

TV

Gloucestershire

£0

No

Powerbank

HMNB Clyde

£950

No

The status of the items provided in the FOI responses were correct at the point of responding to the FOIs where items may have since been recovered and accounted for.


Written Question
Social Media: Women
Monday 8th January 2024

Asked by: Nadia Whittome (Labour - Nottingham East)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking with Ofcom to protect young women and girls from damaging diet and weight-loss adverts on social media.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is responsible for regulating the creative content, media placement and audience targeting of advertising in the UK. The Advertising Codes which it administers contain dedicated rules for adverts relating to weight control or reduction, including prohibiting such adverts from being directed at or containing anything likely to appeal particularly to under-18s or those for whom weight reduction would produce a potentially harmful body weight. The ASA has banned a number of influencer posts promoting prescription-only weight loss injections, and also ran a call for evidence last year on advertising giving rise to potential body image concerns.

The Online Safety Act will require all user-to-user and search services accessed by children to put in place systems and processes designed to prevent children from encountering user-generated content, including advertising, that is harmful to them. Content that promotes, encourages or provides instructions for eating disorders has been designated as a type of ‘priority’ content harmful to children under the Act. The Act also requires providers to put in place age-appropriate protections from any other content, even where this has not been designated as ‘priority’ harmful content, that risks causing significant harm to an appreciable number of children.


Written Question
Film: Romford
Monday 4th December 2023

Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating financial support to the Romford Film Festival.

Answered by John Whittingdale

The Government recognises the significant cultural and economic value of cinemas, and the important role that festivals play in bringing communities and filmmakers together. Public support for UK film festivals is provided through a number of funding mechanisms, including the British Film Institute, the Government’s lead body for film and the moving image, and Local Authorities. For this reason, we have not made our own assessment of the potential merits of allocating financial support to the Romford Film Festival.

The BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund provides support to ambitious, audience-facing independent UK and international film and broader screen activity of national scale. The fund supports film exhibitors, distributors, and other organisations delivering audience development activity with multi-year and short-term projects as well as research and development. Applications to the fund are accepted all year round but must be received 16 weeks before the activity is due to start. Information including the funds eligibility criteria can be found on the BFI’s website:

The organisers of Romford Film Festival may also wish to engage with Film Hub London to understand what relevant support is available. Film Hub London is part of the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN), a nationwide network of exhibitors taking cultural cinema to their communities. The Network is aimed at boosting film audiences across the UK, particularly for specialised and independent British film.


Written Question
Sports: Drugs
Tuesday 12th September 2023

Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Bosworth)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's policy paper Get Active: A strategy for the future of sport and physical activity, published on 30 August 2023, what discussions she plans to have with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity on the inclusion of the (a) legal and (b) health impacts of the use of (i) anabolic steroids and (ii) image and performance enhancing drugs in the development of a (A) national registration scheme and (B) structured career pathway for coaches.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The safety and wellbeing of everyone taking part in sport is hugely important. This includes the issue of image and performance enhancing drugs and the significant impact of these substances on the physical and mental health of those who use them.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), an arm’s length body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, is collaborating with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) to embed clean sport content in CIMSPA’s professional standards for personal trainers and coaches.

The government’s call for evidence on sport integrity opened on 30 August 2023 alongside the publication of “Get Active”. It covers the handling of a range of sport integrity issues, including doping.

We will continue to support the work of UKAD and other partners to protect and promote clean sport and to look beyond the sporting community to shine a spotlight on the issue of image and performance enhancing drugs.


Written Question
Sports: Drugs
Tuesday 12th September 2023

Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Bosworth)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the policy paper, Get Active: A strategy for the future of sport and physical activity, published by her Department on 30 August 2023, whether she is taking steps to ensure that UK Anti-Doping considers the (a) legal and (b) health impacts of the use of (i) anabolic steroids and (ii) image and performance enhancing drugs as part of its work.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The safety and wellbeing of everyone taking part in sport is hugely important. This includes the issue of image and performance enhancing drugs and the significant impact of these substances on the physical and mental health of those who use them.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), an arm’s length body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, is collaborating with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) to embed clean sport content in CIMSPA’s professional standards for personal trainers and coaches.

The government’s call for evidence on sport integrity opened on 30 August 2023 alongside the publication of “Get Active”. It covers the handling of a range of sport integrity issues, including doping.

We will continue to support the work of UKAD and other partners to protect and promote clean sport and to look beyond the sporting community to shine a spotlight on the issue of image and performance enhancing drugs.


Written Question
Sports: Drugs
Tuesday 12th September 2023

Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Bosworth)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the policy paper, Get Active: A strategy for the future of sport and physical activity, published by her Department on 30 August 2023, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the call for evidence on sport integrity will include focus on the potential use of (a) anabolic steroids and (b) image and performance enhancing drugs.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The safety and wellbeing of everyone taking part in sport is hugely important. This includes the issue of image and performance enhancing drugs and the significant impact of these substances on the physical and mental health of those who use them.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), an arm’s length body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, is collaborating with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) to embed clean sport content in CIMSPA’s professional standards for personal trainers and coaches.

The government’s call for evidence on sport integrity opened on 30 August 2023 alongside the publication of “Get Active”. It covers the handling of a range of sport integrity issues, including doping.

We will continue to support the work of UKAD and other partners to protect and promote clean sport and to look beyond the sporting community to shine a spotlight on the issue of image and performance enhancing drugs.


Written Question
Sports: Drugs
Tuesday 12th September 2023

Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Bosworth)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's policy paper Get Active: A strategy for the future of sport and physical activity, published on 30 August 2023, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that the use of (a) anabolic steroids and (b) image and performance enhancing drugs is included by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity in its work to self-regulate the workforce.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The safety and wellbeing of everyone taking part in sport is hugely important. This includes the issue of image and performance enhancing drugs and the significant impact of these substances on the physical and mental health of those who use them.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), an arm’s length body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, is collaborating with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) to embed clean sport content in CIMSPA’s professional standards for personal trainers and coaches.

The government’s call for evidence on sport integrity opened on 30 August 2023 alongside the publication of “Get Active”. It covers the handling of a range of sport integrity issues, including doping.

We will continue to support the work of UKAD and other partners to protect and promote clean sport and to look beyond the sporting community to shine a spotlight on the issue of image and performance enhancing drugs.


Written Question
Steroid Drugs: Misuse
Friday 20th January 2023

Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Bosworth)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report entitled The impact of body image on mental and physical health, published on 2 Aug 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of that report's recommendations on (a) commissioning a review and (b) awareness campaign on safe anabolic steroid use.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

No assessment has been made. The recommendation in question is a matter for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The full Government response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report will be published in early 2023.


Written Question
Pupils and Students: Mental Health
Tuesday 20th December 2022

Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the study entitled Perfectionism Is Increasing Over Time: A Meta-Analysis of Birth Cohort Differences From 1989 to 2016, published in 2019 in the Psychological Bulletin, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of perfectionism on the mental health of (a) school, (b) college and (c) university students.

Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

The department collects and assesses a range of data related to children and young people’s mental health to identify trends and better understand the issues adversely affecting mental wellbeing, and publishes an annual State of the Nation report to reflect this.

While the department does not plan to make a specific assessment of the impact of perfectionism on the mental health of students, it is taking a range of action to ensure schools, colleges and universities in the UK can support their pupils and students with these underlying issues.

Our statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum covers a range of topics that help pupils identify and manage the issues in their lives, develop resilience, and seek support where necessary. This includes topics such as body image, dealing with social media expectations, curating a specific image of yourself online and understanding how online information can be targeted at them.

The department is also funding all schools and colleges in the UK to train senior mental health leads on how to put in place effective approaches to mental health and wellbeing. This includes developing a supportive culture where pupils feel able to speak openly about the pressures that they are under and deciding what pastoral support to provide to pupils and students based on that experience.

As autonomous institutions, higher education (HE) providers are responsible for supporting their students during their time at university, and this includes evaluating what services their students need and the effectiveness of support services. The department and the Office for Students continue to work closely with the HE sector to promote and fund effective practice to ensure students are well-supported to enable full participation in HE, leading to successful outcomes.


Written Question
Health
Monday 5th December 2022

Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the Second Report of the Health and Social Care Committee entitled The impact of body image on mental and physical health, published on 2 August 2022, HC 114.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

We are finalising the Government’s response to the Committee’s report and we expect it to be published in early 2023.