The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Dame Angela Eagle MP about Public sector pay

23 December 2022 · Sir Robert Chote, UK Statistics Authority

The letter, dated 23 December 2022, replies to correspondence of 15 December 2022. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Response from Sir Robert Chote to Dame Angela Eagle MP – Public sector pay; it links to 1 official record. Below is one passage from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the UK Statistics Authority wrote

“Given the judgements and assumptions involved, it would clearly have been desirable – and in line with the Office for Statistics Regulation’s principles of intelligent transparency – for the Government to have explained clearly and accessibly how such a high-profile number had been calculated as soon as it was put into the public domain, allowing MPs and commentators to debate them in an informed way from the outset.”

From Sir Robert Chote, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 23 December 2022. Read the full letter.

Records the letter links to

• reply to a Parliamentary Question a week later

Correspondence

• The letter it answered: Dame Angela Eagle MP to Sir Robert Chote – Public sector pay (15 December 2022)

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