§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2002,Official Report, column 776-77W, 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. [42640]
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§ Mr. StrawFurther to the answer of 22 January, I can confirm that, with the exception of the boxed PC, monitor and keyboard stolen on 22 May 2001, and the seven monitors stolen on 10 January 2002, which were all new and unused items, the remaining items were all used.
As stated in the answer on 6 February 2002 by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, >Official Report, column 948W, to the hon. Member for Romford (Mr. Rosindell), data held on the used equipment was of an unclassified nature, and no security breaches occurred as a result of the thefts.