The UK Statistics Authority wrote about ministers’ use of education statistics
The letter is dated 17 December 2018. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Response on ministers’ use of education statistics
; it links to 1 official record. Below are 2 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.
What the UK Statistics Authority wrote
“However in October we suggested to the Department for Education that the figures should be placed in context, and without attributing causality in order to reduce the risk that their use could be misleading.”
“It would have been preferable to have put the figures on the same basis or to explain that the statement on applications covered a more recent time period than the statement on the number of teachers.”
From UK Statistics Authority, letter of 17 December 2018. Read the full letter.
Records the letter links to
Related key figures
Receipt
| Read from | https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/response-on-ministers-use-of-education-statistics/ |
|---|---|
| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 11b763e07b50fa48dd46db8c3e01e4deab097405cf4ee0893a3b09fd34e69555 |
| PDF on the letter page | https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/Sir-David-Norgrove-to-Angela-Rayner-MP-171218.pdfe289b4bf893fc13605446823f79b560565c012f95a5d181531c3b46bba430b91 |