Mr Hague announced the "comprehensive audit" in July, saying it would provide "the most thoroughanddetailed analysis possible on the extent of EU powers" and valuable guidance for policy-makers in the future.
As you note in your email, our use of a Figure 4 would not preclude a more detailedandthorough comparison of simulated and observed amplification in some later publication.
This diverse picture fits with previous research conducted by University College, London, which similarly found both positive accounts of records being "more thoroughand focused" and negative ones that they were becoming "less detailedand more anodyne".