Dear Mr Gwynne, Thank you for your letter of 18 November regarding the chart reproduced below that was tweeted by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on 10 November to show the recent evolution of the pay of nurses. You raised two issues: First, you argued that it was “disingenuous to claim that nurses […]
To whom this may concern at the Complaints Department of the UK Statistics Authority, I am writing to you in relation to a graphic published by The Conservative & Unionist Party Headquarters and then tweeted on the 2nd November 2022 by the current Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for […]
Dear Sir David, I am writing to raise concerns over the misrepresentation of official statistics from the results of the Consultation on a change of ownership of Channel 4 Television Corporation by the Secretary of State for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS), Nadine Dorries MP. The Government’s response to the consultation on a potential […]
Dear Mr Stone, Thank you for your letter of 20 May about the misrepresentation of the results of the Consultation on a change of ownership of Channel 4 Television Corporation at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee, by the Secretary of State Nadine Dorries MP on 19 May. We spoke to the […]
Dear Sir David, I am writing to raise concerns over the misleading use of official employment statistics by the Prime Minister. At Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons today, the Prime Minister told the House that there are “500,000 more people in paid employment now than there were before the pandemic began.” However, […]
Dear Ms Jardine, Thank you for bringing the use of employment statistics during Prime Minister’s Questions on 27 April to my attention. The Prime Minister should be clearer in his claims around employment now compared to before the pandemic began. While there are now more people on payrolls than before the pandemic, this increase is […]
Dear Sir David, On 22 June last year, you kindly replied to a complaint from me about the Home Office’s refusal to answer straightforward questions about the numbers of people being granted Leave to Remain with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). As your letter pointed out, NRPF “has been a significant focus of attention […]
Dear Mr Timms, Thank you for your letter of 21 July about the publication of statistics on people being granted Leave to Remain with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). It is helpful that the Home Office is now publishing quarterly data on numbers applying for a change to the NRPF condition and whether or […]
Dear Professor Sir Ian, Ahead of the next session of International Trade questions in the House of Commons, which has been confirmed for 10th June, I am writing to seek your advice regarding statements by government ministers relating to employment in export-intensive industries at constituency and regional level, which I am concerned may be giving […]
Dear Ms Thornberry, Thank you for your letter of 15 May to Professor Sir Ian Diamond about statements by Ministers on employment in export-intensive industries, which used estimates made by the Fraser of Allander Institute for a Department for International Trade (DIT) report. We have reviewed the examples you gave and consider that Ministers have […]