Dear Will Home Office’s recent use of statistics and data Thank you for your detailed letter of 27 March about the Home Office’s recent use of statistics and data. We share your disappointment that claims continue to be made by Ministers that cannot be verified from the Home Office’s published statistics. We have been engaging […]
Dear Ed Humpherson, I write to raise concerns about the Home Office’s recent use of statistics and data, and to ask for your potential engagement around it. There appears to be a concerning trend at the Home Office of claims being made based on operational data which is not published. There also appears to be […]
Dear Will Statements on the number of people in work Thank you for your detailed letter of 21 January about statements on employment. It is disappointing to see incorrect claims about the number of people in work on repeated on multiple occasions. As you have set out, the statements referred to the number of UK […]
Dear Ed Humpherson, I write to make you aware of an incorrect claim about the number of people in employment which has been made multiple times by the Prime Minister (and repeated by others) and ask for your potential engagement around it. The claim is that there are more people in work now than there […]
Dear Will COVID-19: test times response at PMQs 3 June 2020 Thank you very much for your letter of 14 July outlining your concerns with the availability of the data underpinning the Prime Minister’s response during Prime Minister’s Questions on 3 June. I am sorry it has taken so long to respond. This is because my team has investigated two distinct issues: what […]
Dear Ed, We’re aware, following the UKSA’s recent correspondence with the Health Secretary, that the OSR is working with the Department for Health and Social Care on improving testing data. As you’ll be aware, Full Fact has been checking claims on testing from all sides throughout the pandemic, and we wanted to raise a specific […]