Written question asked by David Jones (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2006. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 December 2006 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Departmental Computer Data
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any corrupt data have been detected on her Department's computer systems.
- Answer
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Data corruption has been detected on Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) computer systems. Analysis of the circumstances leading to such events indicates two main causes: hardware failure; and software that does not conform with the specified data structure. There are several methods available to the FCO to repair data corruption, with recovery of the data file from tape available as the last resort.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 454 c990W;454 c993-4W; 108470
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Databases Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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