To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of his Department’s civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. (188812)

In the Department for Culture, Media and Sport no civil servants have been (a) suspended, or (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years.

As part of the Department’s internet policy, we monitor all internet usage and block inappropriate sites.