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Departmental Computer Systems

Volume 454: debated on Tuesday 19 December 2006

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any corrupt data have been detected on his Department’s computer systems. (109052)

There is no record of the detection of any corrupt data upon which calculations or decisions are subsequently made.

Corruption, which is detected, and corrected, before any use is made of the data, occurs as part of the internal operation of all computer systems.