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The Poynter Review

25 June 2008

On 20 November 2007, the Chancellor appointed Kieran Poynter, the Chairman and Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, to investigate the circumstances that led to the significant loss of confidential personal data on Child Benefit recipients and other recent losses of confidential data and the lessons to be learnt. Kieran Poynter published his final report on 25 June 2008.

Media links

• Poynter Review final report, 25 June 2008 (PDF file 1.13MB)
• Poynter Review initial report, 17 December 2007 (PDF file 129KB)

Related links

• Letter from Dave Hartnett CB, Acting Chairman of HMRC to Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Jane Kennedy (PDF file 128KB)
• Independent Police Complaints Commission report (IPCC website, opens in a new browser window)
• Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Poynter Review, 25 June 2008
• Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Poynter Review, 17 December 2007
• Press notice: Pn133 Terms of reference for the Poynter Review, 23 November 2007

 

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