Dear Craig, Thank you for your letter of 26 January to Ed Humpherson about the presentation of Local Government Finance figures in the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2026-27. You queried a statement made by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, that funding for local government would increase by 2 per cent in real terms on a […]
Dear Mr Balfour Thank you for your letter raising your concerns about the Scottish Health and Wellbeing Census (HWBC). Many of the issues about data governance and sharing procedures discussed by your constituents are out of remit for the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and fall within the remit of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). […]
Dear OSR, Transport Scotland and Sustrans Walking & Cycling Index For a few years constituents have raised concerns with me about Sustrans Walking and Cycling Index (formerly known as Bike Life). In Scotland, the city reports and aggregated report for the whole of Scotland seem to be partly or fully funded by Transport Scotland. A […]
Dear Mr Jeremy Balfour MSP Thank you for your correspondence regarding the Walking and Cycling Index produced by Sustrans. You note concerns have been raised with you by a constituent who has also raised their concerns directly with the Office for Statistics Regulation. Below I hope to address the questions you posed. Is this situation […]
Dear Mr O’Kane, Thank you for your letter expressing concern about statements made by both the current and previous Scottish First Minister that Scottish National Party (SNP) policies are “lifting” an estimated 100,000 children out of poverty. Under the principles of intelligent transparency, it is always advisable to think how an average person would interpret […]