Margaret Curran – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Curran on 2015-02-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards he plans to put in place to ensure the security of Scottish NHS data shared with HM Revenue and Customs.

Mr David Gauke

Any taxpayer data held by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is subjected to strict safeguards.

HMRC take their duty of confidentiality very seriously and cannot disclose any information acquired or held unless specifically provided for by law. All HMRC information is subject to stringent data security controls and unlawful disclosure of taxpayer information is potentially a criminal offence.