"We know frontline staff want to get this right but are struggling with lack of resource and guidance. Improving this process starts at the beginning - when a child enters the care system, their information should be recorded with their rights in mind, knowing that they may request it later," he said in a statement.
The MoD was responsible for the accidental data breach, which took place in February 2022 and is likely to have cost more than £850 million. Evidence of the breach only came to light in July this year after a government superinjunction, imposed in August 2023, was lifted. According to a report [PDF] from the National Audit Office (NAO), the MoD first became aware of the data breach in August 2023 when personal details of ten individuals from the dataset were posted to Facebook.
