§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many security incidents he estimates there were in the NHS in England in each year since 1996. [179154]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on security incidents is available for the period 1999 to 2002. This is shown in the table.
Number of incidents 1999–2000 106,935 2000–01 112,095 2001–02 166,667 Note: No statistics are available for the period 1996 to 1999 and 2002 to the present. The national health service security management service is currently developing methods to ensure that security incidents are reported and recorded in a simple consistent manner across the NHS.