More than 600 tax staff have been sacked or disciplined for
snooping on personal files, it was revealed today.
Official figures showed that 238 employees were disciplined
or dismissed between April 2005, when HM Revenue & Customs
was formed, and December 2005.
A further 180 cases occurred in 2006; and 192 were recorded
last year.
Treasury minister Jane Kennedy stressed that the department
tightly controlled access to citizens' records.
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