Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Baroness Noakes (Conservative). It was answered by Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 December 2007.
Revenue and Customs: Data Loss
- Question
- Further to the Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 20 November about the loss of data by HM Revenue and Customs, whether any further details have come to light over the loss of the data; and whether any more files containing confidential personal information are unaccounted for.
- Answer
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My Lords, the police continue to have no reason to believe that the child benefit data have fallen into the wrong hands. On 20 November, the Chancellor announced an independent review of HMRC’s data-handling procedure to be conducted by Kieran Poynter, the chair of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 696 c1697
- Session
- 2007-08
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- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Related items
- Subjects
- Child benefit Data protection Databases Personal records Lost property Security Revenue and Customs
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