Departmental Computer Data

Mr. David Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any of his Department's (a) computer data and (b) computer back-up data is stored outside the United Kingdom.

Mr. Byrne
The Home Office does not store computer data or computer back-up data outside the United Kingdom.

Mr. David Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any corrupt data have been detected on his Department's computer systems.

Mr. Byrne
Since 2001 there have been isolated incidents of data corruption with Home Office ICT services.

Patrick Mercer
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department where his Department's computer (a) data and (b) back-up data is physically stored.

Mr. Byrne
The Home Office’s computer data and back-up data is stored in secure buildings across the UK. These buildings comply with HM Government security standards for handling storing and processing information and the addresses of these buildings are not to be released into the public domain.