BBC NEWS | UK | Tax staff breach data security

Nigel Metheringham ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 1 May 2008 11:20:45 +0100


On 1 May 2008, at 10:25, Ian Batten wrote:

> My attempt to find this out with an FoI request foundered (``not  
> centrally recorded''), but the question has now been answered.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7376586.stm

	Treasury Financial Secretary Jane Kennedy said that
	in many cases the penalty for staff was dismissal

In a mathematical sense isn't "many" the next level up from "few",
which is normally taken as being "4 or less".  So by "many" do they
actually mean "5 or more"?

I'd prefer harder numbers.

	Nigel.
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