On 21 March 2024, our chair, Sir Robert Chote wrote to Karin Smyth MP regarding recent official communications from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England on the delivery of hospital beds this winter. Read the full letter: Letter from Sir Robert Chote to Karin Smyth MP – hospital beds – […]
On 19 February 2024 our chair, Sir Robert Chote, wrote to Dame Angela Eagle MP regarding comments made by Treasury ministers on changes in personal taxation. The Office for Statistics Regulation is increasing its engagement with government departments, including HM Treasury, to ensure future communications do not have the potential to mislead and comply with […]
On 18th January 2024 our Chair, Sir Robert Chote, wrote to Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Home Affairs in response to his letter regarding the backlog of asylum claims. We highlighted the need for ministers and advisers to think carefully about how a reasonable person would interpret a quantitative claim of clearing the backlog […]
Dear Sir / Madam Re: Serious Statistical errors Body: Mayor of London’s Office / MOPAC Document: ‘Ending Gender Based Violence and Abuse in Young People’s Relationships – Teacher’s Toolkit’ (Published December 2022.) Retrieved From: Ending Gender-based Violence and Abuse in Young People’s Relationships: Teachers’ Toolkit (london.gov.uk) I would like to flag serious errors in the […]
Dear Sir David Monitored Lateral Flow Tests (trice during 8-19 March 2021) for asymptomatic secondary pupils on their return to school In respect of the above policy, England’s secondary pupils, parents, head-teachers, statisticians, parliamentarians, journalists and public have a right to expect: openness about relevant prior data held by NHS Test & Trace & disclosure […]