§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of computer(a) fraud, including fraudulent use of computer chips and (b) theft his Department has recorded in the last five years. [106211]
§ Dr. ReidBetween April 1994 and March 1999, two cases of computer fraud were reported in the Scottish Office; neither case involved computer chips. There were also 26 cases of theft of computer equipment.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions in each of the past five years computer systems in his Department have been illegally accessed by computer hackers(a) within and (b) outside his Department. [106235]
§ Dr. ReidBetween April 1994 and March 1999, there were no reported illegal accesses to Scottish Office computer systems from either inside or outside the Department.