Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 7 February 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 February 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Thursday, 13 February 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in 2001-02; and on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. - Including figures.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in 2001-02; and on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. [97565] Mr. Jamieson: The Department for Transport was established on 29 May 2002. During the period 29 May 2002 to 31 December 2002 there were: (a) no recorded cases of computer hacking, (b) no recorded cases of computer fraud, and (c) one reported case of computer theft. The Department's predecessors during the period 1 January 2001 to 28th May 2002 were the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. During that period there were: (a) no recorded cases of computer hacking, (b) no recorded cases of computer fraud, and (c) five reported cases of computer theft.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 97565; 399 c891-2W;399 c887-8W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Computers Department for Transport Fraud ICT Government departments Security Theft Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
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