The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Seema Malhotra MP about Business rates revaluation

17 March 2017 · Sir Andrew Dilnot, Head of Profession, UK Statistics Authority

The letter is dated 17 March 2017. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Business rates revaluation. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the UK Statistics Authority wrote

“We have been told that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government asked the Department's analysts for data on the impact of the business rates revaluation by constituency.”

“Given the nature of these figures, the extra detail may well be of interest and in terms of equality of access to information, the UK Statistics Authority would expect data released through the Secretary of State to be consistent with the published source or for an”

“On examining the information provided to Conservative MPs and the published source the UK Statistics Authority has noticed small differences between the data.”

“I am pleased to note that the Head of Profession for Statistics at DCLG has agreed to update the online data to ensure it is consistent with that distributed to MPs.”

From Sir Andrew Dilnot, Head of Profession, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 17 March 2017. Read the full letter.

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