https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/05/pac_annual_report_2018_data_hmrc_brexit/

UK government bodies collect data "as an afterthought" or when they've been caught off-guard in a grilling, the Public Accounts Committee's chair Meg Hillier has said.

In her annual report, published today, she describes poor quality data as "the perennial bugbear" of her committee, saying that it has seen repeat examples of information not being accurately recorded.