The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Gordon Brown MP about Migration Statistics
The letter is dated 31 March 2010. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Migration Statistics
. Below are 3 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.
What the UK Statistics Authority wrote
“The Statistics Authority hopes that in the political debate over the coming weeks all parties will be careful in their use of statistics, to protect the integrity of official statistics.”
“The figure of 237,000 was published before ONS revised previous figures in November 2009.”
“As this figure does not include additional adjustments used to create the final estimate, it is not comparable to the figures quoted for 2007 and 2008.”
From Sir Michael Scholar, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 31 March 2010. Read the full letter.
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Receipt
| Read from | https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/migration-statistics-3/ |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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| PDF on the letter page | https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/11/letter-from-sir-michael-scholar-to-prime-minister-31032010_tcm97-31305.pdfa21575229aa0a65877749bbf0429c7bffe8f0221641fc03dbdd8fd0ad6368ac0 |