At least a few
of her majesty's government laptops have so many nested levels of encryption that they are almost unusable, shared services that are as likley to destroy active information than retain it, deploy circular credential renewal processes that dont play nicely at all if you dont happen to be in the right building.
If a miscreant can get useful data off one, they are probably doing better than the lawful owner...
Also, given the size and scale of the home office a few thefts are inevitable, especially as there are many constantly travelling to do their job.
There is certainly room for improvement however, particularly on the typing of fax numbers and posting/handing documents to the right person or organisation. This is far more disappointing and is likely to be caused by insufficient, undertrained, temporary and 3rd party staff to meet arbirary cost cuts.