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<p>For management and staffing purposes, the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral
part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are not available for 2017. Subsequent
figures for the whole of the Cabinet Office as a department are as follows:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laptops</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mobile
phones</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Memory
sticks</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>External
hard drives</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>To place this context, in 2020-21, the Cabinet Office (core department) had
9,248 staff.</p><p> </p><p>All departmental IT is fully security encrypted.</p><p>
</p><p>Any mobile device reported as lost is immediately and remotely deactivated
and the contents deleted. The user account on any laptop reported as lost is immediately
and remotely locked.</p><p> </p><p>The Departmental security unit records and investigates
each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to
undertake further inquiries.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no data loss or compromise
as a result of these losses.</p>
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