BBC loses £240k worth of laptops and mobile phones

[Barry]

BBC laptops and mobiles worth £241,019 were lost or stolen over the past two years, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

The corporation's staff reported the loss of 146 laptops, 65 mobile phones and 17 Blackberry devices between April 2008 and March this year.

Last month a survey by Lewis Communications revealed  that 11 government departments had reported the loss of 518 laptops, 131 Blackberrys
or iPhones, 104 mobiles and 932 electronic storage devices worth worth an estimated £781,453 during the same period.

The worst offender was the Ministry of Defence which had more items go missing than the BBC in that time.

Altogether MoD staff reported the loss or theft of £620,193 worth of devices - including 593 CDs, DVDs and floppy disks, 340 laptops, 215 USB
memory sticks and 13 mobile phones.

BBC

[fred]

more than a little careless

[Barry]

It is pretty bad, in the four years I've been with mu present company there has been two cases of
lost laptops. One chap put his case down in the car park, got in the car and drove off (the laptop
was handed in at reception) and the other laptop got nicked when the car got broken into.

As for the MoD, that is frightening.

[Reginald]

and this is all licence payers money funding the carelessness.

The BBC is great, but it is time the licence fees were subsidised by BBC Worldwide.