Written question asked by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 18 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 March 2004. It was answered by Chris Leslie (Labour) on Monday, 29 March 2004 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many cases of computer misuse there were in his Department and its predecessor in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003, broken down by category of misuse; and how many of those cases resulted in disciplinary action. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Webb: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many cases of computer misuse there were in his Department and its predecessor in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003, broken down by category of misuse; and how many of those cases resulted in disciplinary action. [163246] Mr. Leslie: The number of cases of computer misuse in my Department and its predecessor were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Category 1997 2003 Games 1 1 Personal use 6 3 Unofficial business use 0 0 Other 0 0 Total 7 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In each case disciplinary action has been taken in line with Departmental disciplinary procedures, which accord with the central framework set out in paragraph 4.5 of the Civil Service Management Code.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 419 c1169-70W;419 c1171-2W; 163246
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Disciplinary proceedings Software Computers Government departments Department for Constitutional Affairs
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk