HC Deb 25 January 1996 vol 270 c336W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many of the mobile phones which have been supplied to his Department in each of the last six years have been cloned; and on what dates. [11005]

Mr. Boswell

[holding answer 23 January 1996]: There is no information available prior to May 1994 on the cloning of mobile telephones supplied to the Ministry. Since then it is known that a total of 13 of the Ministry's mobile telephones have been cloned.

There is no information available on the specific dates when cloning took place, only the date when it was discovered. This information, broken down by years, is as follows:

Year Number Date discovered
1994 1 19 December 1994
1995 12 19 January 1995
30 March 1995
6 April 1995
8 May 1995
19 May 1995
30 May 1995
19 July 1995
4 November 1995
21 November 1995
17 December 1995