Dear Minister, Thank you for your letter of 17 April responding to concerns about statistics used in discussion of the backlog of outstanding asylum cases[1]. I very much welcome the clarification you made and your acknowledgment of the importance of accurate and appropriate use of evidence and statistics. In a similar spirit, but on a […]
Dear Ms Thornberry, Thank you for your letters regarding the use of statistics on crime and policing by Ministers. You asked about a statement the Prime Minister made on 22 March about crime. You also asked about an interview in which the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire discussed police recruitment. The Prime Minister said […]
Dear Sir Robert, Thank you for enclosing copies of your letters of 23 March to Stephen Kinnock MP and Lord Paddick, regarding statistics that the Prime Minister and I used last December in relation to the asylum backlog. I clarified this matter in my comments in the debate on the Illegal Migration Bill on 27 […]
Dear Sir Robert, Misleading DHSC chart on nurses’ pay I am writing to raise concerns over a chart, recently published by the Department of Health and Social Care, which I believe to be deliberately misleading. I have attached a link to the chart entitled ‘How Nurses’ Pay Has Increased’ to this letter. You will no […]
Dear Mr Timms, I write again following my letter of 27 September about the publication of statistics on people being granted Leave to Remain with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). The Home Office Deputy Director for Migration Statistics wrote to Ed Humpherson on 15 December 2021 and 13 January 2022, reporting progress on data […]
Dear Sir David, I am writing to raise concerns over the misrepresentation of official crime statistics by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Home Office. In a press release dated Thursday 27th January 2022,[1] the Home Office claimed that “ONS crime statistics out today show that crime continues to fall under this Government.” […]
Dear Mr Carmichael, Thank you for your letter of 1 February challenging a recent statement about crime statistics by the Home Office including commentary from the Home Secretary. A similar statement was then repeated by the Prime Minister. I agree that Office for National Statistics (ONS) measures of crime must be used accurately, and not […]
Dear Mr Malthouse, Thank you for your letter of 2 May about the Leader of the Opposition’s statements on crime. I have written to Sir Keir today and I enclose a copy of my letter to him. Yours sincerely, Sir David Norgrove Related links: Letter from Kit Malthouse to Sir David Norgrove – Crime Statistics […]
Dear Sir David, I am writing to express my concern over comments made by the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer QC MP, in the House of Commons, to the media and on social media on Wednesday 28 April 2021 and Thursday 29 April 2021. During Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday 28 April 2021 […]
Sir David Norgrove writes to Victoria Atkins MP, enclosing correspondence with the Men and Boys Coalition on domestic abuse statistics, 1 October 2019.