The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Sean Whellams about Tax Receipts and National Insurance Contributions

7 July 2016 · Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation

The letter is dated 7 July 2016. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Tax Receipts and National Insurance Contributions. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote

“I welcome HMRC’s speedy action to address the concerns raised by Mr O’Connor on the day of publication in immediately correcting the statistics and more recently in highlighting the revisions in the June edition of the bulletin.”

“He included the following chart in which he showed the figures published in the May release (with the revised data given in red), against the figures previously published (in black).”

“The head of profession for statistics noted some confusion over the procedures for publishing breach reports, expecting it to be published by the Authority.”

“Requirement: to increase confidence in the trustworthiness of the statistics HMRC should provide a clear explanation for the nature and scale of the error and make clear which statistics have been revised”

From Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 7 July 2016. Read the full letter.

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