Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 February 1997. It was answered by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 February 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: How many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips his Department has recorded in the last five years.

Answer: Mr. Derek Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) on how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in his Department; [14554] (2) how many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips his Department has recorded in the last five years. [14555] Sir Paul Beresford: There have been 16 cases of suspected or attempted computer hacking--none of which were proven to have resulted in illegal access--no cases of computer fraud, but 150 cases of computer theft, including thefts of computer chips, reported by my Department, including its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, over the last five years.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 14554; 289 c725W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Data protection Computers Fraud Government departments Theft Department of Health Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes