§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what new measures her Department took in 2001–02 to protect its property from theft or damage. [47243]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonI refer the hon. Gentleman to my reply to him on 5 February 2002,Official Report, column 907W. As detailed in that response the Lord Chancellor's Department has a wide range of security measures in place to protect its property from theft or damage.
However during this period the Department has continued to take forward its programme of work to achieve compliance with BS7799, the British Standard for Information Security Management. This programme of work will provide quality assurance of the Department's existing security practices and introduce improvements where these are found to be necessary. Current initiatives include extensive use of risk assessment, a programme of security education and awareness for staff and reviews of physical security arrangements.