HC Deb 29 March 2004 vol 419 c1176W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of computer misuse there were in his Department in each of the last seven years, broken down by category of misuse; and how many of those cases resulted in disciplinary action. [163229]

Mr. Pearson

Within the 11 Departments of the formally devolved Northern Ireland Administration and the Northern Ireland Office, there have been a total of 866 cases of computer misuse reported over the last seven years, with disciplinary action having been taken in 688 of those cases.

Cases where misuse falls into more than one category have been broken down and counted separately. The breakdown by year and category is as follows.