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 | |
FOI2020/02137 | 2019 | |
FOI2021/01721 | 2020 | |
FOI2022/02198 | 2021 | |
FOI2023/02522 | 2022 |
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 |
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*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 |
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| 2 | 1 | 5 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.