HC Deb 06 February 1997 vol 289 c725W
Mr. Derek Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasion in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in his Department. [14544]

Mr. Horam

There have been no reported incidents of illegal hacking on the Department of Health's computer systems over the last five years.

Mr. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips his Department has recorded in the last five years. [14554]

Mr. Horam

For the calendar years 1992 to 1996 inclusive, 267 cases of computer theft—mostly minor—were reported, 21 of which concerned computer chips. No cases of hacking or fraud were reported during that period.

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