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Revenue and customs chief quits Discs with 15m bank details lost
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The chairman of Revenue and Customs, Paul Gray, has resigned. Confidential details of 15 million child benefit recipients are on a computer disc lost by HM Revenue and Customs, the BBC understands.
The resignation follows reports about the loss of taxpayers' confidential details, although it is not known if that is why he has decided to quit. The chairman of revenue and customs, Paul Gray, has resigned.
The news comes ahead of a Commons statement by Chancellor Alistair Darling on "a major operational problem" at HM Revenue & Customs. Revenue and Customs says it does not believe the records - names, addresses and bank accounts - have fallen into the wrong hands.
The statement, Mr Darling's second in two days, will be made to MPs at 1530 GMT in the House of Commons. Chancellor Alistair Darling is to give a Commons statement on "a major operational problem" at 1530 GMT.
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said he understood ministers had been aware for nine to 10 days.
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The resignation of Mr Gray was accepted because disks were transported in breach of rules governing data protection.