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Identity experts Garlik found that, of 14 government departments to respond to freedom of information requests, none could confirm they had any statistics regarding the correction of erroneous data.

Only the House of Lords and the Serious Fraud Office said they had a written data protection policy in place.

The Department of Health, the Treasury, the Ministry of Defence and the House of Commons all said they had never been submitted to an independent audit checking their compliance with the Data Protection Act.

Twelve of the 14 admitted they had not allocated funds for the correction of incorrect data, while the other two departments said they did not know.

Tom Ilube, CEO of Garlik, said: "With HMRC and DWP data breaches fresh in people's minds, these admissions reflect a surprising disregard by Government for the value of our personal information.

"These gaps and the absence of independent audits point to the root causes of the recent data breaches - a lack of robust accountability."

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