To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how many and what proportion of computers in her Department malware was detected in 2008.

It is not in the interests of the UK's national security for Departments to confirm information on the number of malicious attacks against their IT systems.

Communities and Local Government complies with Mandatory Requirement 39 of the Security Policy Framework which requires a policy on managing risks posed by all forms of malicious software ('malware').