Dear Sir Robert, I am writing with regard to the serial misuse and mismanagement of a recently debunked renewable energy statistic by a succession of Scottish National Party and Scottish Green Party ministers and politicians and in Scottish Government documents. The claim has been that Scotland has 25% of Europe’s renewable energy potential. However research […]
Dear Sirs, As an MSP for the Glasgow Region and Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, I write with concern regarding the article published in The Scotsman yesterday which discloses allegations by a whistle-blower that patients who present at the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) of Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) […]
Dear Robert, Thank you for your letter of 1 November commending the Office for Statistics Regulation’s report, ‘2022 update: lessons learned for health and social care statistics from the COVID-19 pandemic’. The report highlights the enormous work that has taken place throughout the UK in producing and reporting statistics on the impact of the pandemic […]
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 Mr Kerr, Thank you for your letter to the National Statistician about renewable electricity in Scotland. I am responding as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. You asked us to consider a claim by the Scottish National Party that almost all of Scotland’s electricity needs are met by renewable generation. As you say, this […]
Dear Secretary of State, 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 […]
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 Peter, 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 (OSR) […]
Dear Minister, 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 (OSR) […]
Dear Ms Baillie, Thank you for your letter of 5 October to the Director General for Regulation about statistics on waiting times for NHS treatment as they appear in the new NHS Inform dashboard. You were concerned about media reports suggesting that this website understated waiting times for certain procedures. The dashboard shows the numbers […]