UK treasury usage: "Total public spending is expected to be around �372 billion this year, around �6,000 for every man, woman and child in the UK" http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Pre_Budget_Report/Pre_Budget_Report_2000/p rebud_pbr00_summary.cfm
UK population = 59,756,000 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ukinfigs/population.asp > Of Bill Potts > The UK Government uses billion as we do -- to mean 1000 million. I think > many Brits still use milliard, though. I am sure that you would get blank looks if you said 'milliard' in the UK. "Billion. The use of billion to designate thousand million (rather than million million) is now officially recognised by the Commission and is standard usage in official Community publications. Leading British newspapers and journals (such as the Financial Times and The Economist) have also adopted the convention." http://europa.eu.int/comm/translation/en/stygd/enstyle.htm -- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794
