Government 'loses one PC a week'
21 Nov 2008 0:01 GMT



One government computer a week has been going missing on average in recent months, ministers have admitted.

Figures gained by the Conservatives showed 53 had disappeared in a year, along with 36 Blackberries, 30 mobile phones and four memory sticks.

Tory frontbencher Grant Shapps said Whitehall security had to be reviewed.

The demand comes a year after Gordon Brown apologised for the loss of data discs containing the details of 25 million people.

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