To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been (a) budgeted and (b) spent by his Department since April 2002 on (i) combating computer fraud, (ii) preventing theft of computers and (iii) safeguarding the security of information held on computer; and if he will make a statement. [128801]

The risks of computer fraud, computer theft and unauthorised access to information held on computer are taken very seriously by the Chancellor's Departments and they are active in raising awareness of those risks and managing them, though most of the expenditure on doing so forms part of existing budgets for business as usual rather than being separately identified. Therefore the information requested is not available in the form requested.