This letter was sent from Penny Young, Interim Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, and is also available on the Authority website.
Dear Mr Stewart,
Thank you for your letter of 20 November regarding a social media post and video shared on X.com by Michael Shanks MP about waiting lists in Scotland.
The UK Statistics Authority, through its regulatory arm the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), has investigated this issue and I have today written to Mr Shanks to share OSR’s conclusions and our broader expectations about the use of statistics in public debate.
I would like to thank you for bringing this issue to our attention.
Yours sincerely,
Penny Young
Deputy Chair