HC Deb 11 February 1997 vol 290 cc172-3W
Mr. Derek Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in his Department. [14552]

Mr. Burt

[holding answer 6 February 1997]: There have been no instances of the Department's computer systems being illegally accessed by computer hackers.

Mr. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips his Department has recorded in the last five years. [14553]

Mr. Burt

[holding answer 6 February 1997]: The information is in the table. There have been no recorded cases of computer hacking into the Department's systems.

Calendar year Fraud Theft Thefts involving chips
1996 15 222 65
1995 34 247 65
1994 32 143 1
1993 41 79 2
1992 17 33 0