To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001–02; and for each year on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. [6949]
Records of IT security incidents reported within the Department for the period in question show:
Theft
The number of reported thefts of computers is as follows:
Number of thefts 2002–03 34 2003–04 35 2004–05 24 2005–06 (to date) 10
There have been no recorded incidents of computer fraud or of the Department's computer systems being illegally accessed by computer hackers within or outside the Department in the period in question.