Just by the by - there are mathematical methods of checking for false claims (really!) - when people make up numbers the distribution is different to normal claims... Once the info is structured online it would be interesting to let the software lose and see the results! Paul /)/+)
2009/6/18 Matthew Somerville <[email protected]> > Francis Davey wrote: > > It didn't take me long to type in the (very small number) of invoices > > my MP (Diane Abbott) submitted for the communications allowance for > > 2007/8. I got a total of £7802.05 but they work for you shows her as > > having £7,948.00 which immediately suggests that I'm not getting a > > full picture somehow (or maybe TWFY uses a different source of > > information - but it would be useful to know). > > TheyWorkForYou uses the total figures that were released by Parliament > earlier this year: > http://www.parliament.uk/about_commons/hocallowances/hocallowances06.cfm > If they don't match up, as appears to be the case here, you'll have to > ask Diane Abbott or the House about the c. £146 difference. > > ATB, > Matthew > > P.S. TheyWorkForYou MP pages have a link to the receipts pages now - > although a few won't work as randomly some MPs have their middle initial > in the URL. :-/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >
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