Departmental Computer Data

Mr. David Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many attempts to gain unauthorised access to his Department's computer systems have (a) been detected and (b) succeeded in each of the last five years.

Mr. Byrne
The Home Office has appropriate, accredited mechanisms to prevent unauthorised access to IT infrastructure and databases. I am advised that no attempts to gain unauthorised access to Home Office computer systems have been detected in the last five years.