Dear Sir Robert Re: Use of statistics on the Ultra Low Emissions Zone I am writing to raise concerns about the claims made by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, regarding the levels of compliance of vehicles in outer London with the Ultra Low Emission Zone that is due to expand in August. Sadiq Khan […]
Dear Mr Kinnock, Thank you for your letter of 19 December. You raised concerns about inconsistent claims made by government Ministers on the size of the backlog of undecided asylum applications. I apologise for the delay in responding, as we were attempting to confirm with Ministers the basis of the figures cited. You gave three […]
Dear Sir Robert, During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons today, Rishi Sunak asserted that “since the Conservatives came into power, crime is down 50 per cent.” As you will be aware, your predecessor was forced to issue a reprimand in February last year, after a similar claim was made in Parliament by […]
Dear Sir Robert Chote, I am writing to raise concerns over the use of statistics by the Home Secretary related to irregular migration to the UK. Earlier this week, the Home Secretary Suella Braverman stated in the House of Commons that “there are 100 million people displaced around the world, and likely billions more eager […]
Dear Ms Cooper, Thank you for your letter of 13 January. You had concerns about comments that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care made about official deaths statistics in a radio interview on 11 January. My office has spoken to the Secretary of State’s office, which clarified that it was not his […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing to raise concerns about the dismissal of official excess death statistics by the Secretary of State for Health and Social care, the Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP. The statistics, produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show that the UK saw 50,000 excess deaths in 2022, making it […]
Dear Dame Angela, Thank you for contacting us with your concerns about two figures that have been used by Government Ministers to describe the potential cost to households of public sector pay increases, namely that “if everyone in the public sector had a pay rise in line with inflation, it would cost an extra £28 […]
Dear Ed I am writing to you, in my capacity as Shadow Minister for Immigration, regarding recent claims made by government Ministers, including the Prime Minister, about the size of the backlog of unresolved asylum claims over time. As you will be aware, this is a matter of great concern to members of the public […]
Dear Sir Robert, Misleading figures on public sector pay increases I am writing to raise concerns over two figures used by Government Ministers regarding the total cost, and cost per household, of public sector pay increases which I believe to be inaccurate and misleading. A number of Government Ministers, including the Prime Minister, have claimed […]
Dear Mr Hendry, Thank you for contacting us with your concerns about a trade infographic shared by the Conservative Party on Twitter, which stated that the Government has “secured new free trade deals with over 70 countries since 2016. That’s over £800 billion worth of new global trade”. As regards the figure of £800 billion, […]