More than 300,000 attempts were made to access pornographic
websites at the Houses of Parliament in the past year,
official records suggest.
It is unclear whether MPs, peers or other staff are responsible,
House of Commons officials said.
The data was released following a Freedom of Information request by Huffington Post UK, which published the story with the
headline Oh Yes, Minister!
However, the figures vary wildly: in November, there were
114,844 attempts to access websites classed as pornographic,
but just 15 in February.
Attempts per month
- May 2012: 2,141
- June 2012: 2,261
- July 2012: 6,024
- August 2012: 26,952
- September 2012: 15,804
- October 2012: 3,391
- November 2012: 114,844
- December 2012: 6,918
- January 2013: 18,494
- February 2013: 15
- March 2013: 22,470
- April 2013: 55,552
- May 2013: 18,346
- June 2013: 397
- July 2013: 15,707
