Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 February 1997. It was answered by Robin Squire (Conservative) on Monday, 10 February 1997 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: On how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in her Department. - Includes table. (Holding answer 6 February 1997).

Answer: Mr. Derek Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in her Department. [14540] Mr. Robin Squire: [holding answer 6 February 1997]: The available relevant figures are shown in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of illegal accesses 1993-94 6 1994-95 37 1995-96 19 1996-97 (to date) 30 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 14540; 290 c55W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Data protection Computers Fraud Government departments Department for Education and Employment Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes