The primary purpose of registration is to provide evidence that a record has been created or captured in a records system, and an additional benefit is that it facilitates retrieval.

点收的主要目的在于证明档案曾经被产生或蒐集至档案系统中，而另一项好处则是可以促进档案的检调。

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They rarely keep records of their programs for the benefit of others.

他们很少为了照顾他人利益而保存程序的复制版本。

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Last November, it emerged that 25m child benefit records had been lost after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sent two unregistered and unencrypted discs to the National Audit Office.

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And last month, new powers came into force which allow investigators to cross-check suspect benefit claims with records held by other government departments, bank accounts, utility bills and university registers.

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Instead, they are considering gathering information from the vast, centralised databases held by government, such as tax records, benefit databases, electoral lists and school rolls, as well as periodic polling of a sample of the population.

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