Laptops and mobile phones 630/2025

FOI Reference: 630/2025

Request:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I’d like to know the following information for your department over the past year:

Please provide a figure for the number of a) laptops and b) mobile phones that were:

1. Disposed of or recycled via a third-party contractor.
2. Donated and refurbished for reuse.
3. Lost or stolen.
4. Damaged or otherwise unaccounted for.

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

• Laptop – 114
• Mobile Phone – 927 (includes Talk&Text Phone and Smart Phone)

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

• Laptop – 0
• Mobile Phone – 0

Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

Laptop:

• Lost – 0
• Stolen – 0

Mobile Phone:

• Lost – 4
• Stolen – 0

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

• We do not record damaged items specifically. They would be counted in the disposed/recycled numbers. There are no unaccounted devices.

It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate.        

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 23/06/2025)