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| Six more data discs 'are missing' | Six more data discs 'are missing' |
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| HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed that a further six data discs have gone missing in transit between its offices in Preston and London. | HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed that a further six data discs have gone missing in transit between its offices in Preston and London. |
| The discs, transported by courier company TNT, contained recorded conversations between a member of staff and a customer making a complaint. | The discs, transported by courier company TNT, contained recorded conversations between a member of staff and a customer making a complaint. |
| They were reported missing on the 30 October, HMRC said. | They were reported missing on the 30 October, HMRC said. |
| Police are still searching for two computer discs containing the details of 25m Child Benefit claimants. | Police are still searching for two computer discs containing the details of 25m Child Benefit claimants. |
| The search for the first two missing discs, which have not been seen since being put into the internal post at HMRC in Tyne and Wear, has moved to a number of TNT premises. | |
| 'Cannot be proved' | |
| Police are focusing on depots of TNT, which delivers HMRC mail, after completing inquiries at HMRC's offices. | |
| A spokesman for TNT confirmed that its premises in London had been searched on Friday night. | |
| He said it was impossible to say whether the CDs had ever entered TNT's system. | |
| "We are all working on that theory, but it cannot be proved one way or the other," he said. |