§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Solicitor-General, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2002,Official Report, column 878W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from her Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case. [42644]
§ The Solicitor-General[holding answer 20 March 2002]: I am not aware of any equipment having been stolen from my Department, the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers, since 1 May 1997.
In the Departments for which the Attorney-General is responsible, details are as follows:
Crown Prosecution Service
Since May 1997, six computers and one printer have been stolen from the Crown Prosecution Service. Details of the equipment stolen are as follows:
1998–99960W
- One computer——new and unused.
- One laptop computer——used——contained administrative data.
1999–2000
- Two computers——used.
- (i) Court link PC——no data retained on PC.
- (ii) Typist PC——case related data retained on PC.
- One laptop computer——used——contained management data.
- One computer——used court link PC——no data retained on PC.
Treasury Solicitor's Department
Computer memory chips stolen from the Treasury Solicitor's Department in 1997 were new and unused.
A laptop computer stolen in 2001 had been used, but contained no data other than the standard office word processing package.
Serious Fraud Office
A password protected computer stolen from Counsel's chambers was in used condition.
The data contained on the computer were case related, consisting of miscellaneous lists, statements and documents. The loss was considered by the Case Controller and its impact was assessed as insignificant.