Timothy Green wrote:
> This is a tangentially related question, but is there any reason why 
> anonymising addresses and telephone numbers via salted hash or otherwise 
> wasn't considered for this data release?

It's a question you'd have to ask of the House of Commons, perhaps using 
our Freedom of Information request site http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/ :-)

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20081967_en_1 amended the FOI act 
to exempt anything to with MP/Lord addresses, regular travel 
arrangements, service providers, and security, but obviously that 
doesn't mean they /couldn't/ do that (or some hash as you suggest), just 
that they don't have to, and presumably cost was involved, yes.

ATB,
Matthew

 > It'd be sufficient data to look
> to see if claims were at the same property or if properties were shared, 
> though for issues like location of the house you'd need a postcode (or 
> the first half).
> 
> Presumably it's something along the lines of it being too much effort 
> given that the data is held in scanned images.

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