DCML’s Company Mileage Logger offered for free to all MPs and Lords.
But how do we get them to stop fiddling other expenses?
Automotive software specialist, DCML have offered the product in the wake of fresh expenses controversies involving car mileage claims, known to be easy to manipulate but difficult to disprove.
Intended to help the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) manage difficult-to-monitor mileage claims, it is hoped the app will reduce further dishonest claims.
The latest expenses incident involved Conservative MP, Bob Blackman, who was ordered to repay more than £1,000 in expenses after he made over 700 incorrect mileage claims.
IPSA found that Blackman had boosted mileage by up to five times the actual distance travelled – impossible when using the intuitive Company Mileage Logger.
Vince Powell, Managing Director of DCML, said: “This sort of thing goes on in businesses up and down Britain, but we stepped in on this occasion because MPs and Lords must be whiter than white when it comes to expenses.
“We wanted to do our bit to minimise any room for dishonesty and we want to make life easier for individuals who represent us while reducing the burden on IPSA itself.”
The user-friendly App, developed by automotive software specialist, DCML, records car journeys using GPS and emails an accurate route and mileage summary via its ‘export’ function.
