To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. (278742)

I refer to the answer given by the then Minister for Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs on 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 450W.

We are unable to answer the question as to do so would breach the confidentiality of individual/s concerned.

I have approached the chief executives of the Department’s executive agencies and they will respond to you directly.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) attempts and (b) successful attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to each (i) database and (ii) ICT system run by his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (286553)

It is not in the interests of the UK's national security for departments to confirm information on the number of attempts, successful or otherwise, to gain unauthorised access to departmental systems or databases. Such disclosure could undermine the integrity and security of departmental systems and thereby expose them to potential threats.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills complies with the mandatory requirements of the Security Policy Framework in relation to information security including managing the risk of unauthorised access to ICT systems.