Ministers previously knew about a data vault with millions of files about the benefits affair

Both State Secretaries at the Ministry of Finance had already been informed in the summer of 2025 of the existence of a data vault containing potentially relevant information for the survey into the benefits affair. This is evident from a timeline about the safe that was brought to the attention last month by the current duo, Sandra Palmen (Benefits, party-free) and Eelco Eerenberg (Tax, D66).

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