In message , at 22:12:49 on
Sat, 24 Mar 2012, Roger Lynn remarked:
I'm only just catching up on the series, and watched the one about
revenue inspectors yesterday. Doing some quick sums on the back of an
envelope, it seems it costs them about as much to run the revenue
inspectors as the fares they are failing to collect (£20m a year).

That seems a reasonable amount to spend. How much more revenue would
they lose if they didn't spend anything on inspectors?

I'm in favour of them doing the inspections, so that the sum they lose
doesn't double or triple. But they describe it as a campaign to collect
that £20m, rather than what it really is - "security theatre" to prevent
the loss of the next £20m/£40m.
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Roland Perry