Council services hit by lost discs fiasco

摘要

Local government is leaving itself open to fraud in a bid by the Government to prevent further breaches in data security. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has written to council revenues and benefits officers to call a halt to data exchanges, until the department has checked its security processes. The move follows the loss of HM Revenues and Customs data in the post last week. But the LGA has raised concerns over the security measures. They will mean local authorities will not be able to compare their data with statistics from the DWP - a measure used in a bid to detect fraud.