Greater London Authority

  1. Letter from Sir Robert Chote to Lord Bailey of Paddington AM – housing statistics

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Greater London Authority

    Dear Lord Bailey, Thank you for your letter to the National Statistician regarding the Mayor of London’s use of housing statistics in a LabourList article from March 2024. This was passed to the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority. The Mayor’s comments appear to draw from the Greater […]

  2. Lord Bailey of Paddington AM to Sir Ian Diamond – housing statistics

    Sent from: Greater London Authority

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Dear Ian, I hope you are well. I am writing in regards to the Mayor of London’s use of housing statistics and the possibility that these figures are materially misleading to the general public. The Mayor has routinely claimed that he has “delivered” 25,000 affordable homes “in the last year alone”. Adverts across Transport for […]