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: How many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips her Department has recorded in the last five years. - Includes tables. (Holding answer 6 February 1997).

Answer: Mr. Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips, her Department has recorded in the last five years. [14541] Mr. Squire: [holding answer 6 February 1997]: The available relevant figures are shown in the tables: (a) Table 1: Computer hacking _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of illegal accesses 1993-94 6 1994-95 37 1995-96 19 1996-97 (to date) 30 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (b) Table 2: Computer fraud and theft _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Fraud Theft Number £000 Number £000 1991-92 18 246 n/a n/a 1992-93 13 51 n/a n/a 1993-94 11 88 105 343 1994-95 8 78 89 321 1995-96 2 200 221 1,475 1996-97 (to date) 2 n/k 84 316 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/k = not known. n/a = not available.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 14541; 290 c55-6W;290 c56W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Data protection Computers Fraud Government departments Theft Department for Education and Employment Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes