Dear Dr Gulhane, Thank you for your letter of 3 July regarding publications about the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland. You raised concerns about the communication of Public Health Scotland’s (PHS) evaluation of the MUP policy, which concluded in a final report published in June (that synthesized evidence from a […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing to request a review of the Public Health Scotland report ‘Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: A synthesis of the evidence’ and the associated publicity and ministerial statements. It purports to be “the final report from the PHS evaluation of minimum unit pricing for […]
Dear Sir Robert Chote, Thank you for your letter of 1 November 2022 and the work of the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) to review and share lessons for health and social care statistics from the COVID-19 pandemic. As noted in your report, the role of analysts in providing high quality evidence and timely insights […]
Dear Cabinet Secretary, I am pleased to write to you commending the Office for Statistics Regulation’s report that was published today. 2022 update: lessons learned for health and social care statistics from the COVID-19 pandemic is an insightful analysis of the last year of the pandemic. In its 2021 report, the Office for Statistics Regulation […]
Dear Sir David, Misleading statistics used by the Scottish Government for Test and Protect I write to you regarding the above matter. Following media reports this weekend, I am deeply concerned to learn that the Scottish Government has been publishing Test and Protect figures that significantly overestimate its performance in meeting the World Health Organisation’s […]
Dear Ms Baillie, Thank you for your letter of 27 September regarding your concerns over the use of Test and Protect statistics by Scottish Government. Scottish Government should be clearer about the limitations in comparing figures for Scotland (published by Public Health Scotland) with the World Health Organization target for contact tracing. Ed […]
Dear Ms Pow, Ms Hyslop and Lord Elis-Thomas, Thank you for your letter of 13 August in which you highlight concerns about the quality of estimates from the International Passenger Survey for inbound visitors. You pointed to the importance of these estimates in enabling you to monitor and evaluate existing policy and develop new strategies. […]
Dear Finance Secretary, The Scottish Government recently asked the UK Statistics Authority to consider a tweet and press article by the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the subject of income tax reconciliations for Scotland,(1) in which Ms Truss described a “£941m shortfall in Scottish tax revenues due to lower growth in Scotland.”. You […]
Sir David Norgrove to Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution on Code of Practice consultation.