§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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. [106227]
§ Angela EagleThere have been no recorded cases of Departmental computer systems being illegally accessed by internal or external hackers.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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. [106218]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
Incidents of fraud Financial year Fraud 1995–96 18 1996–97 18 1997–98 20 1998–99 6 1999–2000 1— 1 Figures not yet available. Will be collated for HMT Return on Internal Fraud approximately May 2000
Incidents of theft Year Total By outsiders By staff Unattributed 1995 234 128 2 104 1996 389 236 10 143 1997 188 102 3 83 1998 78 24 7 47 1999 38 17 3 18