§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2002,Official Report, columns 182 and 184W, 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. [42648]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. It is the policy of the Department that thefts of computer equipment should be reported to the police. The Department also records such thefts in the Incident Reporting and Alert Scheme (UNIRAS) at the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) and encourages its agencies to do likewise.