Dear Robert, I’m writing to you following the Budget to correct the record on some statistics that were used before and throughout the election campaign. On the 17th May the Conservative Party presented a dossier entitled ‘Labour’s Tax Rises’ to the public. This was predominantly based on a collection of HM Treasury costings which were […]
Dear Ms Smyth, Thank you for your letter of 10 May regarding a statement made by the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP, who said “we’ve cut waiting lists for five months in a row”. This was made in a video posted by the Department of Health and Social Care […]
Dear Ms Olney, Thank you for your letter regarding statements by the Chancellor about changes in the tax burden. Specifically, you expressed concern that: During his budget speech on 6 March, the Chancellor said “Today, in contrast, a Conservative Government brings down taxes”. On 7 March, during an interview with BBC Radio Scotland, the Chancellor […]
Dear Ms Phillips, Thank you for your letter of 24 April regarding the use of crime statistics by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, and the Home Office. You asked us to investigate the following statements about changes in the level of crime since 2010: “Since 2010, violent crime is down 51%. Neighbourhood crime is […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing to you in my capacity as Shadow Health Minister, to query claims made by the Department of Health & Social Care with reference to NHS waiting list data. In a video published to the Department of Health & Social Care’s social media accounts on 20 April, the Secretary of […]
Dear Sir Michael and Mr Percy, Thank you for your letter of 25 March regarding the UK Government’s and the Opposition’s use of casualty statistics produced by the Gaza Ministry of Health related to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. You raised concerns about the accuracy of the figures produced by the Gaza Ministry of Health and […]
Dear Mr Gwynne, Thank you for your letter to Sir Ian Diamond regarding comments made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 7 March, during an interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. During this interview, the Chancellor said: “On social care, in my first Autumn Statement I put up the budget by nearly 40 per […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing to raise concerns about a lack of intelligent transparency in the use of crime statistics by the Home Secretary and Home Office on social media and by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons. All have publicly drawn attention to long term falls in violent crime. The Home […]
Dear Sir Robert, We are writing to express my concern about the statistics used by official authorities in the UK relating to the casualty figures in the Israel/Gaza conflict. All loss of life in a conflict is a tragedy and to be deeply regretted. It is of course important to recognise that, behind the statistics, […]
Dear Ms Smyth, Thank you for your letter of 1 February regarding recent official communications from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England on the delivery of hospital beds this winter. On 25 January, DHSC posted on X: “We’ve hit our target for 5,000 extra permanent hospital beds across the country […]