HC Deb 07 February 1997 vol 289 c733W
Mr. Derek Foster

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in his Department. [14566]

Mrs. Angela Knight

[holding answer 6 February 1997]: There have been no recorded instances of hacking into Treasury computer systems in any of the last five years.

Mr. Foster

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips his Department has recorded in the last five years. [14567]

Mrs. Knight

[holding answer 6 February 1997]: There have been no recorded instances of hacking into Treasury computer system or their fraudulent use in any of the last five years.

There have been some cases of thefts of computer equipment as follows:

  • 1991–92: 1
  • 1992–93: 1
  • 1993–94: 1
  • 1994–95: 2
  • 1995–96: 5.

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