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Saw an article in the Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2924483.ece I quote "The exchange, released by the NAO, includes an e-mail stating: “I do not need address, bank or parent details in download — are these removable to make the file smaller?” HMRC replies: “I must stress we must make use of data we hold and not overburden the business by asking them to run additional data scans/filters that may incur a cost to the department.” The data would be transferred by CD-Rom. <snip> It was reported last night that it would have cost HMRC £5,000 to edit the data on the discs." As a nontechie, am I missing something? If the details were in a database then all it would require is for someone to delete 3 fields: ie 2 minutes of tech time plus computer time to remove the fields from 25m records £5000 seems a bit extreme -- Henry Fri Nov 23 12:31:21 GMT 2007
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