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 […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing to raise concerns about misleading statistical claims made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, in relation to the tax burden on the British people. In his Budget speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday 6th March, Mr Hunt claimed that “today… a Conservative Government brings down […]
Dear Dame Angela, Thank you for your correspondence regarding comments made by Treasury ministers on changes in personal taxation. Specifically, you expressed concern that: On 8 January 2024, Bim Afolami MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, stated on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme that “taxes are coming down”, adding that for “an average earner […]
Dear Mr Murray, Thank you for your correspondence regarding recent official communications from HM Treasury on changes to National Insurance Contributions (NICs) this year. You expressed concern about posts by @HMTreasury on X that referred to the average employee on a £35,400 salary saving £450 a year from the cut to NICs taking effect on […]
Dear Mr Carmichael, Thank you for your letter of 3 January regarding claims by the Government to have delivered on its 2022 commitment to clear a backlog of asylum claims. As you noted, the Prime Minister posted on X on 2 January: “I said that this government would clear the backlog of asylum decisions by […]
Dear Mr Kinnock, Thank you for your letter dated 4 January in which you raised concerns about statements that the government has cleared the backlog of asylum claims. Today I have responded to Alistair Carmichael MP, who raised similar concerns to the UK Statistics Authority on 3 January. Please find a copy enclosed. Yours sincerely, […]