§ Mr. Derek FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in her Department. [14540]
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 6 February 1997]: The available relevant figures are shown in the table:
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Year Number of illegal accesses 1993–94 6 1994–95 37 1995–96 19 1996–97 (to date) 30
§ Mr. FosterTo 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.