HC Deb 31 January 2000 vol 343 c479W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 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. [106230]

Mr. Chris Smith

No DCMS computer system has been illegally accessed in the last five years.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 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. [106214]

Mr. Chris Smith

The Department has not recorded any cases of computer fraud over the last five years. There has been one incident of computer theft where a PC system unit was stolen from the Department. The police were informed.