Further to my post earlier today the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, has now made his statement to MPs about a “major operational problem” at HM Revenue & Customs.
In his statement he confirms the loss of personal details relating to 25 million individuals not 15 million as reported earlier.
A full report of the Chancellor’s statement can be found here.
The BBC are reporting that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, is to make a Statement to MPs about a “major operational problem” at HM Revenue & Customs later today.
This was preceded by the resignation of Paul Grey as Chairman of HMRC following reports of about the loss of taxpayers' confidential details. First a laptop with personal details of a few hundred taxpayers was stolen. Then it some computer discs disappeared on route to Standard Life which held details for thousands of people and the latest loss involves discs containing bank details of 15million child benefit recipients.
Watch this space.
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