HC Deb 31 January 2000 vol 343 cc472-3W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 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. [106237]

Jane Kennedy

The information requested in(a) is set out in the table. There have been no recorded instances of hackers attempting to gain access to our computer systems from outside the Department.

Department 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Lord Chancellor's Department 0 0 0 0 2
Court Service 2 1 9 3 1
Public Trust Office 0 0 0 0 0
Land Registry 0 0 0 0 0
Public Records Office 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Ireland Court Service 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 1 9 3 3

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 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. [106210]

Jane Kennedy

There has been one attempted incident of computer fraud recorded. The information requested in(b) is set out in the following table.

Department 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Lord Chancellor's Department 3 7 1 4 0
Court Service 21 27 10 15 6
Public Trust Office 1 0 0 0 0
Land Registry 0 6 6 4 5
Public Records Office 0 0 2 1 0
Northern Ireland Court Service 0 0 0 0 0
Total 25 40 19 24 11