The UK Government have never been good at IT. Whether it's poor security practices[1][2][3][4] or massively over-run budgets[5], they are really good at doing badly.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_government_data_loss...

[2]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/20/hmrc_loses_lots_data...

[3]http://www.itpro.co.uk/625459/mod-laptop-losses-continue

[4]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/20/uk_gov_lost_records/

[5]http://dioclese.blogspot.com/2011/06/nhs-computer-system.htm...