Dear Mr Cartlidge, Thank you for your letter expressing concerns around the presentation of the cost of the Chagos Islands deal outlined by the Prime Minister in a press statement on 22 May. Specifically, he stated that “£101 million a year is the average cost; the net overall cost is therefore £3.4 billion overall, that’s […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing to raise concerns about the possible misrepresentation of official NHS statistics by the Government in relation to its pledge to deliver two million extra appointments. In February 2025, Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced that the Government had not only met its pledge early but had achieved a “massive increase” […]
Dear Sir Robert, Misuse of statistics by the Prime Minister regarding the Chagos Islands surrender deal I am writing to ask you to investigate claims made by the Prime Minister about the cost of the deal to surrender sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Yesterday, when asked about the cost of the deal, the […]
Dear Mr Vickers, Thank you for your letter of 21 February regarding the use of police workforce statistics by Dame Diana Johnson, Minister of State for Police, Crime and Fire. The claim in question was made during the debate on the Police Grant Report on 5 February 2025. The Minister stated, “there were 149,769 police […]
Dear Mr Chote, I am writing to formally complain about the use of unpublished statistics by the Minister of State for Police, Crime and Fire during a statement made in the House of Commons chamber when closing the debate on the Police Funding Settlement on 5th February 2025. During the statement, the Minister cited a […]
Dear Dr Mullan, Thank you for your letter regarding statements by Lord Timpson OBE, Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, on the proportion of the population with a criminal record. The first statement was made by Lord Timpson in the House of Lords on 24 July 2024 and stated that: “The criminal […]
Dear Mr Timothy, Thank you for your letter regarding statements made by the Home Secretary on 22 July about a change to the Illegal Migration Act (which would enable the Government to legally begin processing some asylum cases in the UK, rather than being obliged to remove those applicants from the UK first). Specifically, you […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing to express my concern regarding the use of a highly questionable statistic with significant limitations in the important field of criminal justice by a Government Minister On the 24th July 2024, the Minister of State for the Ministry of Justice, Lord Timpson, stated in the House of Lords: “The […]
Dear Mr Griffith, Thank you for your letter of 31 October about the changes to taxation announced in the Autumn Budget. As set out in my letter of 4 June to party leaders, and referenced in your own letter, it is essential that, when making claims of this nature, underlying calculations, data sources and context […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing in regard to the claim made by the Home Secretary on 22 July that scrapping the retrospective element of the Duty to Remove in the Illegal Migration Act will save £7 billion of taxpayers’ money over the next ten years. The Impact Assessment published by the Home Office appears […]