HC Deb 20 March 2002 vol 382 c416W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2002,Official Report, columns 851–52W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case. [42643]

Malcolm Wicks

The information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. From May 1997 to March 2001 there have been no reported cases of equipment stolen containing protectively marked data.