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11/12/2007
Thousands Of NI Driver Details Go Astray
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency NI has lost personal details of some 6,000 drivers in Northern Ireland.
It is understood that the names and addresses of the motorists were contained on two computer discs, which have now gone missing, along with vehicle registration marks, chassis numbers, makes and colours.
The discs are reported to have disappeared after being sent from the DVLA in Coleraine in Co. Londonderry to the main DVLA in Swansea.
Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland's Environment Minister, said that the discs had been sent on November 20 and 21 and they had arrived in Coventry. However, on December, it emerged that the discs had not arrived in Swansea.
Letters have been written to notify every vehicle owner affected.
The news comes less than a month after two discs containing UK Revenue and Customs data, including the names, addresses and bank details of 25 million child benefit recipients, also went missing.
(KMcA)
It is understood that the names and addresses of the motorists were contained on two computer discs, which have now gone missing, along with vehicle registration marks, chassis numbers, makes and colours.
The discs are reported to have disappeared after being sent from the DVLA in Coleraine in Co. Londonderry to the main DVLA in Swansea.
Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland's Environment Minister, said that the discs had been sent on November 20 and 21 and they had arrived in Coventry. However, on December, it emerged that the discs had not arrived in Swansea.
Letters have been written to notify every vehicle owner affected.
The news comes less than a month after two discs containing UK Revenue and Customs data, including the names, addresses and bank details of 25 million child benefit recipients, also went missing.
(KMcA)
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