Revenue and Customs: Data Protection

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recruitment process was used to select Kieran Poynter to head the review of security processes and procedures for data handling in HM Revenue and Customs announced on 20 November 2007.

Jane Kennedy
Kieran Poynter was appointed by the Chancellor to carry out the investigation into data handling in HM Revenue and Customs.