Monday, July 21, 2008

The half-mill. hunt for missing HMRC discs

silicon.com reports that the taxpayer has been landed with a £473,544 bill for the hunt for the missing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data discs.

The Metropolitan Police Service mounted a months-long search for the data discs containing 25 million child benefit records after they went missing in October 2007.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous21/7/08 19:02

    I've got them, I'm using then as tea coasters.

    Does the government department want them back then?

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  2. Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats21/7/08 22:26

    You do realise that email traffic is monitored by TPTB? Expect the 3 a.m. knock on the door ...

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  3. Anonymous23/8/08 19:11

    They will have to join the queue, everyone is after me; more in demand than Bin Laden, although I'm a little less conspicuous than a 6'3" Saudi with a limp.

    In the words of Kenneth Williams, "Infamy! Infamy! they've all got it in form me!"

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